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ACCOUNT  OP  ITS  ORIGIN  IN  NEW  ENGLAND, 


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PEOCEEDINGS  OF  THE  GRAND  LODGE, 


Firft   Organization,    A.   L.  5789. 


COMPILED  FROM  AUTHENTIC  SOURCES, 


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PUBLISHED  BY  E.  G.  STOKER,  97  CHAPEL  STREET. 

HENRY  B.  STORER,  PRINTER. 

1859. 


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TO   THE  MEMBERS 


Ancient  Fraternity  of  Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  in  the 
State  of  Connefticut, 

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IS  MOST  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED, 

WITH  FRATERNAL  REGARD,  BY 

THE  GRAND  SECRETARY. 


COMMENDATORY. 


CONSENT  OF  THE  GRAND  LODGE. 

Annual  Communication,  May  13,  A.  L.  5858. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  F.  P.  COE— 

Resolved,  That  Bro.  E.  G,  Storer,  the  present  Grand  Secretary,  have  permission 
to  publish,  on  his  own  account,  such  of  the  early  records  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
and  other  documents  connected  therewith,  as  he  may  desire. 

APPROBATION  OP  GRAND  OFFICERS. 

The  undersigned,  Grand  Oflicers  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  do  most  heartily  approve  of  the  proposal  of  Bro.  Storer, 
the  R.  W.  Grand  Secretary,  to  publish  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and 
other  interesting  papers  connected  with  the  History  of  Freemasonry  from  its  ear- 
liest existence  in  this  State  to  the  present  time ;  and  we  earnestly  recommend 
the  enterprise  to  the  patronage  and  support  of  the  Lodges  and  members  of  the 
fraternity  throughout  the  jurisdiction. 

GEORGE  F.  DASKAM,  Grand  Master. 

JOHN  C.  BLACKMAN,  Deputy  G.  Master. 

HOWARD  B.  ENSIGN,  Senior  G.  Warden. 

FREDERICK  P.  COE,  Junior  G.  Warden. 

DAVID  E.  BOSTWICK,  Senior  G.  Deacon. 

WILLIAM  B.  CASEY,  Junior  G.  Deacon. 

CONCURRENCE  OF  PAST  GRAND  MASTERS. 

We  cordially  concur  with  the  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  their  approbation 
and  recommendation  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Storer's  proposed  publication,  believing  it 
■will  be  a  work  of  much  interest  to  the  Craft  in  general,  and  to  the  Fraternity  in 

this  State  in  particular. 

LEONARD  HENDEE,  Past  Grand  Master. 

DYER  T.  BRAINERD, 

ANER  BRADLEY, 

HENRY  PECK, 

HORACE   GOODWIN, 

AVERY  C.  BABCOCK, 

WILLIAM  E.  SANFORD,  do. 

DAVID  CLARK, 

THEODORE  SPENCER,    do. 

WILLIAM  L.  BREWER,  do. 


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ORIGIN  OF  MASONRY  IN  NEW  ENGLAND. 


In  order  to  (liow  the  paternity  of  fome  of  the  firft  Mafonic 
Lodges  eftabliflied  in  Connedicut,  and  in  other  States,  we 
Ihall  make  a  few  fliort  extrafts  from  the  "  Proceedings  in 
Mafonry,  from  its  Firft  Origin  in  New  England,"  which  we 
find  in  a  volume  belonging  to  our  Grand  Lodge  Library, 
entitled  "  The  Conftitutions  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Fraternity  of  Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  containing  their 
Hiftory,  Charges,  Addreffes,  &c.,  collected  and  digefted 
from  their  Old  Records,  Faithful  Traditions,  and  Lodge 
Books,  for  the  ufe  of  Masons ;  to  which  is  added  a  Hiftory 
of  the  Grand  Lodges  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Maffachu- 
setts,"  &c.  From  1733  to  1755,  two  Grand  Lodges  exifted 
in  Maffachufetts,  one  derived  from  England,  the  other  from 
Scotland.  This  ancient  book  was  compiled  and  arranged, 
after  the  union  of  thefe  two  Grand  Lodges,  by  a  Committee 
appointed  for  that  purpofe,  of  which  Doct.  John  Warren 
was  the  Chairman.  It  was  publiflied,  under  the  fanction 
of  the  Grand  Mafter  and  Grand  Wardens,  in  the  year  1 792, 
by  Brother  Isaiah  Thomas,  of  Worcefter.  It  has  ever 
been  looked  upon  as  a  truthful  exponent  of  the  principles, 
defigns  and  teachings  of  our  venerable  Order,  as  well  as  a 
faithful  record  of  its  early  hiftory  in  England,  Scotland, 
Ireland  and  America.  This  volume  was  dedicated  to  our 
"  Illuftrious  Brother  George  Washington,  the  Friend  of 
Masonry,  of  his  Country,  and  of  Man." 

The  brief  extrads  which  we  take,  allude  chiefly  to  the 
granting  of  charters  for  Connefticut ;  although  it  cannot  be 
coniidered  as  a  digreffion  from  our  fubject,  or  as  entirely 
foreign  to  our  original  purpofe,  to  notice  the  introduction  of 
Mafonry  in  other  parts  of  our  country. 


6  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY.  [1733. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

HISTORY  OF  ST,  JOHN'S  GRAND  LODGE,  BOSTON. 

As  descending  from  the  Grand  Master  of  England. 

In  consequence  of  an  application  from  several  brethren,  re- 
siding in  New  England,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  to  the  Kt. 
Worshipful  Anthony,  Lord  Viscount  Montague,  Grand  Master 
of  Masons  in  England,  in  the  year  1733,  he  was  pleased  to  con- 
stitute and  appoint  the  Et.  Worshipful  Henry  Price,  Provincial 
Grand  Master  of  New  England,  aforesaid. 

Upon  the  receipt  of  this  commission,  the  brethren  assembled 
July  30,  and  the  said  charter  of  constitution  being  read,  and 
the  Et.  Worshipful  Grand  Master  duly  invested  and  congratu- 
lated, a  Grand  Lodge  was  formed,  and  the  officers  chosen  and 
installed. 

A  petition  was  then  presented  by  several  brethren  residing  in 
Boston,  praying  to  be  constituted  into  a  regular  Lodge  ;  and  it 
was  voted  that  the  same  be  granted.  This  Lodge  was  styled 
"  The  First  Lodge  in  Boston,"  or  "  St.  John's  Lodge."  Thus 
was  Masonry  founded  in  North  America. 

A  petition  being  presented  from  Benjamin  Franklin  and  sev- 
eral brethren  residing  in  Philadelphia,  June  24,  1734,  for  a 
constitution  for  holding  a  Lodge  there  ;  the  Et.  Worshipful 
Grand  Master,  having  this  year  received  orders  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  in  England  to  establish  Masonry  in  all  North  America, 
was  pleased  to  grant  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners,  and  to  send 
them  a  deputation,  appointing  the  Et.  Worshipful  Benjamin 
Franklin  their  first  Master  ;  which  was  the  beginning  of  Ma- 
sonry in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Portsmouth,  in  New 
Hampshire,  for  the  erection  of  a  Lodge  there,  was  also  granted, 
denominated  "  The  Holy  Lodge  of  St.  John's  ;"  which  was  the 
beginning  of  Masonry  in  New  Hampshire. 

The  Et.  Worshipful  Thomas  Oxnard  having  received  a  depu- 
tation March  6,  1744,  from  the  Et.  Honorable  and  Most  Wor- 
shipful John  Lord  Ward,  Baron  of  Birmingham,  in  the  county 


1749.]  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY.  7 

of  Warwick,  &c.,  G-rand  Master  of  Masons  in  England,  appoint- 
ing him  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  New  England  ;  which  be- 
ing commnnicated,  he  was  properly  acknowledged,  invested,  in- 
stalled and  congratulated. 

The  petition  of  a  number  of  brethren,  December  27,  1749, 
resident  in  Newport,  Khode  Island,  praying  for  the  incorpora- 
tion of  a  regular  Lodge  there,  being  read,  it  was  voted,  that  a 
charter  be  granted  them  ;  being  the  first  regular  Lodge  estab- 
lished in  Khode  Island. 

The  petition  of  several  brethren  at  New  Haven,  in  Connecti- 
cut, for  the  erection  of  a  Lodge  there  was  granted,  denominated 
''  Hiram  Lodge ;"  which  was  the  first  Lodge  established  in 
Connecticut.     This  was  August  12th,  1750. 

At  the  same  communication  a  petition  was  received  and  the 
charter  granted  for  a  Lodge  in  Annapolis,  Maryland  ;  by  which 
which  Masonry  was  established  in  that  State. 

January  12,  1753,  the  petition  of  several  brethren  residing 
at  New  London,  in  the  colony  of  Connecticut,  for  dispensation 
to  erect  a  Lodge  there,  was  granted. 

In  compliance  with  the  petition  of  several  brethren,  February 
4,  1754,  resident  in  Middletown,  in  Connecticut,  a  charter  con- 
stituting a  regular  Lodge  there  was  granted. 

June  26,  1754.  By  reason  of  the  death  of  the  Eight  Wor- 
shipful Grrand  Master  Thomas  Oxnard,  at  11  o'clock  this  mor- 
ning, whose  loss  was  sincerely  lamented  by  all  who  had  the 
pleasure  and  the  honor  of  his  acquaintance,  and  more  especially 
by  the  Society  over  which  he  had  for  eleven  years  presided  with 
dignity,  the  Grand  Lodge  voted  to  attend  his  funeral  in  mourn- 
ing, with  the  honors  of  Masonry,  and  to  invite  the  several 
Lodges  in  Boston  to  assist  on  the  mournful  occasion. 

August  21, 1755,  the  Right  Worshipful  Jeremy  Gridley,  who 
had  been  appointed  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  North  America, 
in  place  of  R.  W.  Grand  Master  Thomas  Oxnard,  deceased, 
was  installed  in  King  Solomon's  Chair,  properly  congratulated 
and  saluted. 

The  Rt.  Worshipful  Grand  Master,  by  his  charter  of  deputa- 
tion, dated  May  13, 1756,  authorized  the  Rt.  W.  Richard  Grid- 


8  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY.  [1757. 

ley,  Esq.,  to  congregate  all  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  engaged 
in  the  present  expedition  against  Crown  Point,  and  form  them 
into  one  or  more  Lodges  as  he  should  think  fit,  and  to  appoint 
Wardens  and  all  other  necessary  officers  to  a  regular  Lodge  ap- 
pertaining. 

A  Lodge  was  incorporated  at  Providence,  in  Rhode  Island, 
January  18,  1757,  in  compliance  with  the  petition  of  several 
brethren  residing  there. 

A  deputation  was  granted  to  the  Rt.  Worshipful  Edward 
Huntingford,  November  13, 1758,  to  hold  a  Lodge  in  his  Majes- 
ty's '28th  Regiment,  stationed  at  Louisburgh. 

The  Rt.  Worshipful  Abraham  Savage  was  authorized,  April 
13,  to  congregate  all  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  the  expe- 
dition intended  against  Canada,  at  Lake  George  or  elsewhere, 
into  one  or  more  Lodges  as  he  shall  think  fit,  and  appoint  proper 
officers,  &c. 

June  24,  a  deputation  was  granted  to  Col,  Joseph  IngersoU, 
to  hold  a  Lodge  at  Crown  Point. 

At  the  usual  Grand  Lodge  of  quarterly  communication,  &c., 
January  24,  1766,  the  Rt.  Worshipful  Grand  Master  appointed 
the  Rt,  Worshi23ful  John  Rowe,  his  Dei3uty. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  September  11, 1767, 
the  Deputy  Grand  Master  having  informed  the  brethren  that  it 
had  pleased  the  Supreme  Architect  to  remove  by  death  the  Rt. 
Worshipful  Jeremy  Gridley,  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Masons 
in  North  America,  the  Lodge  voted,  that  in  testimony  of  grate- 
ful and  affectionate  regard  to  his  memory,  the  honors  of  Mason- 
ry be  observed  at  his  interment. 

At  a  sj)ecial  meeting,  October  2,  voted,  that  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary write  to  the  Rt.  Worshipful  Henry  Price,  Past  Grand 
Master,  requesting  him  in  the  name  of  the  Lodge,  to  resume  the 
chair  as  Grand  Master,  in  room  of  the  late  Rt.  Worshipful 
Grand  Master,  deceased,  until  another  Grand  Master  be  consti- 
tuted ;  and  on  the  23d  inst.  he  signified  his  compliance  with 
their  desire,  and  was  with  the  usual  ceremonies  invested  and  re- 
placed in  King  Solomon's  Chair. 

A  dispensation  was  made  out  for  the  Rt.  Worshipful  Thomas 


1768.]  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY,  9 

Cooper,  Master  of  Pitt  County  Lodge,  in  Nortli  Carolina,  con- 
stituting him  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  tliat  Province.  And  he 
was  commissioned  with  power  to  congregate  all  the  brethren 
then  residing,  or  should  afterwards  reside  in  said  Province,  into 
one  or  more  Lodges  as  he  should  think  fit,  and  in  such  jilace  or 
places  within  the  same  as  should  most  redound  to  the  general 
benefit  of  Masonry. 

January  22,  1768.  At  this  usual  season  for  choosing  Grand 
Officers,  the  Kt.  Worshipful  John  Eowe  was  duly  and  consti- 
tutionally chosen  and  saluted  as  Grand  Master  elect ;  he  then 
continued  the  several  officers  in  their  respective  appointments. 

A  committee  was  then  chosen  to  write  to  the  Kt.  Honorable 
and  Et.  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  England,  in 
behalf  of  this  Lodge,  to  request  of  him  a  deputation  for  a  Pro- 
vincial Grand  Master,  to  continue  three  years  in  office,  according 
to  a  former  vote  of  limitation  passed  by  this  Lodge  ;  with  this 
reservation,  that  notwithstanding,  should  the  Lodge  see  fit  to 
continue  the  same  Grand  Master  longer  in  the  chair,  and  signify 
the  same  accordingly,  the  said  deputation  should  remain  in  full 
force  the  continued  term  ;  and  that  he  should  remain  in  the 
possession  of  all  the  authorities  and  privileges  of  his  first  ap- 
pointment from  the  expiration  of  the  three  years,  or  continuance, 
to  the  installment  of  another.  And  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Master  elect  having  been  nominated,  was  recommended  to  the 
Rt,  Honorable  and  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of  Masons 
in  England  for  his  sanction  and  commission. 

At  a  sj)ecial  meeting,  November  23,  1768,  appointed  for  the 
purpose  of  installing  the  new  Grand  Master,  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  brethren  being  assembled  in  Concert  Hall,  the  commission 
from  his  Grace  Henry  Somerset,  Duke  of  Beaufort,  Marquis  and 
Earl  of  Worcester,  &c.,  &c..  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Eng- 
land, constituting  and  ajjpointing  the  Rt.  Worshipful  John 
Rowe  Provincial  Grand  Master  for  all  North  America,  where 
no  other  Grand  Master  is  appointed,  being  read,  he  was  install- 
ed and  proclaimed,  saluted  and  congratulated  accordingly.  Af- 
ter this,  the  brethren  walked  in  procession  to  Trinity  Church, 
where  the  Rev.  Mr,  Walter  read  prayers,  and  the  Rev,  Bro,  Ed- 

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10  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY.  [1769. 

ward  Bass,  of  Newburyport,  preached  an  excellent  sermon. 
When  divine  service  was  over  they  returned  to  the  hall  in  Ma- 
sonic order,  and  concluded  the  celebration  of  the  day  in  harmony, 
love  and  joy. 

At  a  Grand  Lodge  of  quarterly  communication,  &c.,  April  28, 
1769,  a  petition  was  presented  by  Several  brethren,  resident  in 
Wallingford,  in  Connecticut,  praying  for  the  establishment  of 
a  Lodge  there  ;  whereupon,  voted,  that  the  prayer  of  the  pe- 
tition be  granted  and  that  a  charter  be  granted  accordingly. 

A  charter  for  establishing  a  Lodge  in  Guilford,  in  the  colony 
of  Connecticut,  was  granted  July  10,  1771,  to  several  brethren 
residing  there,  petitioning  for  this  privilege. 

February  25,  1774,  a  noble  and  generous  plan  of  more  diffu- 
sive benevolence,  and  particularly  of  liberal  relief  to  indigent 
brethren  or  their  widows  and  orphans,  was  proposed  by  the  Kt. 
Worshipful  Grand  Master  and  cheerfully  adopted  by  the  Lodge. 
A  committee  was  chosen  to  make  some  alterations  and  amend- 
ments in  the  scheme  ;  and  printed  copies  of  the  articles,  with 
circular- letters  strongly  recommending  the  plan  and  intimating 
its  necessity,  and  warmly  soliciting  their  encouragement  and 
subscri23tion,  were  sent  to  all  the  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction. 

[April  19th,  1775,  hoftilities  commenced  between  Great 
Britain  and  America,  from  which  period  a  chafm  is  made 
in  this  hiftory.  War,  with  its  attendant  diftraftions,  inter- 
fered with  the  peaceful  plans  of  this  philanthropic  Inftitu- 
tion ;  Bofton  became  a  garrifon,  and  was  abandoned  by 
many  of  its  former  inhabitants ;  the  regular  meetings  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  were  fufpended,  and  the  brethren  held  no 
affembly  until  after  the  conclulion  of  the  conteft  and  the 
eftablifhment  of  peace.] 


1752,]  EARLY  RECORD  OF  MASONRY.  11 


EXTRACTS  FROM  THE 

HISTORY  OF  'mSSACHUSETTS  GRAND  LODGE/' 

As  descending  froyn  the  Grand  Master  of  Scotland. 

In  the  year  1751,  a  number  of  brethren  who  had  traveled, 
and  many  of  whom  were  initiated  into  the  mysteries  of  the 
Craft  in  ancient  Lodges  abroad,  became  emulous  to  cultivate 
the  royal  art  in  the  western  world.  For  this  laudable  purpose 
they  petitioned  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland  for  a  charter  of 
erection  ;  and  the  prayer  thereof  being  granted,  they  received  a 
dispensation,  dated  November  30,  1752,  from  Sholto  Charles 
Douglas,  Lord  Arberdour,  then  Grand  Master,  constituting 
them  a  regular  Lodge,  imder  the  title  of  "  St.  Andrew's,  No. 
82,"  to  be  holden  at  Boston,  in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts 
Bay, 

The  establishment  of  this  Lodge  was  discouraged  and  opposed 
by  St.  John's  Grand  Lodge,  who  imagined  their  jurisdiction  in- 
fringed by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Scotland,  They,  therefore,  re- 
fused any  communications  or  visits  from  such  members  of  St. 
Andrew's  Lodge  as  had  not  formerly  sat  in  their  Lodges,  and 
this  difficulty  did  not  entirely  subside  for  several  years. 

The  prosperous  state  of  St,  Andrew's  Lodge  soon  led  to  great 
exertions  for  the  establishment  of  an  ancient  Grand  Lodge  in 
the  Province  ;  and  this  was  effected  by  the  assistance  of  three 
traveling  Lodges,  which  were  holden  in  the  British  Army,  then 
stationed  at  Boston. 

December  27,  1769. — On  this  festival,  which  was  celebrated  in 
due  form,  a  commission  from  the  Kt,  Honorable  and  Most  Wor- 
shipful George,  Earle  of  Dalhousie,  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in 
Scotland,  bearing  date  the  30th  day  of  May,  1769,  appointing 
Joseph  Warren  to  be  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Boston,  New 
England,  and  within  one  hundred  miles  of  the  same,  was  read  : 
whereuj)on  the  brethren  proceeded,  according  to  ancient  usage, 
to  install  the  Kt.  WorshiiDful  Grand  Master  Warren  ;  who  af- 
terwards appointed  and  invested  the  other  Grand  Officers. 


12  EAELY  EECORD  OF  MASONRY.  [1775- 

April  19,  1775. — On  this  memorable  era  hostilities  commenced 
between  Great  Britain  and  America  ;  immediately  upon  which 
the  town  of  Boston  became  a  gamson,  and  was  abandoned  by 
many  of  its  inhabitants,  so  that  the  regular  meetings  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  were  suspended. 

June  17. — By  the  contest  of  this  eventful  day  on  the  cele- 
brated heights  of  Charlestown,  the  Grand  Lodge  sustained  a 
heavy  loss,  in  the  death  of  Grand  Master  Warren,  who  w\as  slain 
contending  for  the  liberties  of  his  country. 

Soon  after  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British  army,  and 
previous  to  any  regular  communication,  the  brethren,  influenced 
by  a  pious  regard  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Grand  Master,  were 
induced  to  search  for  his  body,  which  had  been  rudely  and  in- 
discriminately buried  on  the  field  of  slaughter.  They  accord- 
ingly repaired  to  the  place,  and  by  direction  of  a  person  who 
was  on  the  ground  about  the  time  of  his  burial,  a  spot  was 
found  where  the  earth  had  been  recently  turned  up.  Upon  re- 
moving the  turf  and  opening  the  grave,  which  was  on  the  brow 
of  a  hill  and  adjacent  to  a  small  cluster  of  sprigs,  the  remains 
were  discovered  in  a  mangled  condition,  but  were  easily  ascer- 
tained by  an  artificial  tooth ;  and  being  decently  raised,  were 
conveyed  on  the  8th  of  April,  1776,  to  the  State  House  in  this 
metropolis  ;  from  whence,  by  a  large  and  respectable  number  of 
brethren,  with  the  late  Grand  Officers,  attending  in  a  regular 
procession,  they  were  carried  to  the  Stone  Chapel,  where  an 
animated  eulogium  was  delivered  by  Bro.  Perez  Morton,  at  their 
request.  The  body  was  then  conveyed  to  the  silent  vault  and 
there  sacredly  deposited,  "without  a  sculptured  stone  to  mark 
the  spot ;  but  as  the  whole  earth  is  the  sepulchre  of  illustrious 
men,  his  fame,  his  glorious  actions,  are  engraved  on  the  tablet 
of  universal  remembrance,  and  will  survive  marble  monuments 
or  local  inscriptions." 

October  6,  1779,  a  petition  of  a  number  of  brethren,  officers 
in  the  American  army,  praying  that  this  Grand  Lodge  would 
grant  them  a  charter  to  hold  a  traveling  Lodge,  was  read,  and 
Gen.  John  Patterson,  Col.  Benjamin  Tupper  and  Maj.  William 
Hull,  being  nominated  as  Master  and  Wardens,  voted,  that  a 


1781.]  EARLY  EECORD  OF    MASONRY,  13 

dispensation  be  granted  tliem  under  the  title  of  "  Washington 
Lodge,"  to  make  Masons,  pass  Fellow  Crafts  and  raise  Masters, 
in  any  of  the  United  States  where  there  is  no  Grand  Lodge  ; 
but  in  any  State  where  a  Grand  Master  presides  they  must  ap- 
ply for  his  sanction. 

It  was  then  determined  that  all  charters  granted  without  the 
limits  of  this  State  shall  be  understood  to  remain  in  force  until 
a  Grand  Lodge  is  formed  in  the  government  where  such  Lodges 
are  held,  or  during  the  pleasure  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

On  a  petition  of  a  number  of  brethren,  January  12,  1781,  at 
Colchester,  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  for  a  charter  to  erect  a 
Lodge  in  said  town,  voted,  that  the  prayer  be  granted. 

On  the  petition  of  several  brethren  in  Litchfield,  in  Connecti- 
cut, May  27,  1781,  requesting  a  charter  of  erection,  voted,  that 
the  prayer  be  granted. 

On  a  petition  of  several  brethren,  January  3,  1783,  for  hold- 
ing a  Lodge  at  Derby,  in  Connecticut,  voted,  that  a  charter  be 
granted  under  the  title  of  "King  Hiram  Lodge." 

Jan.  19,  1785,  a  petition  was  received  and  a  charter  granted, 
for  a  Lodge  in  Manchester,  Vermont. 

A  petition  was  also  presented  June  24,  1785,  from  several 
brethren,  requesting  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  at  Norwich, 
in  Connecticut,  whereupon,  voted,  that  a  charter  be  granted 
under  the  title  of  "  Columbia  Lodge." 

On  the  petition  of  a  number  of  brethren  for  a  charter  to  hold 
a  Lodge  in  Farmington,  in  Connecticut,  September  18,  1787, 
voted,  that  a  commission  be  issued  under  the  name  of  "  Fred- 
erick Lodge." 

December  5,  1791,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with 
the  officers  of  St.  John's  Grand  Lodge,  upon  the  subject  of  a 
complete  Masonic  union  throughout  this  Commonwealth,  and 
to  report  at  the  next  quarterly  communication. 

March  5,  1792,  a  Constitution  and  By-Laws  for  associating 
the  two  Grand  Lodges,  as  agreed  to  by  the  St.  John's  Grand 
Lodge,  was  read  and  deliberately  considered,  and  the  question 
for  a  concurrence  being  taken,  it  was  unanimously  agreed  to,  and 
the  union  of  the  two  Grand  Lodges  was  accordingly  effected. 


14  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  1776.] 


AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE,    CONNECTICUT  LINE. 

The  operations  of  this  Lodge,  during  the  War  of  the 
American  Revolution,  form  a  moil:  important  hnk  in  the 
chain  of  Mafonic  Hiftory  in  this  country ;  inafmuch  as  it 
embraced,  in  its  memberiliip  and  among  its  initiates,  gentle- 
men attached  to  the  Army,  coming  from  various  States  of 
the  Union,  who, 

"  When  the  storm  of  war  was  done," 

were  feparated  by  the  return  of  peace,  and  permitted  to 
repair  to  their  refpective  homes ;  not,  as  we  are  bound  to 
believe,  to  forget  or  mifapply  the  numerous  impreffive 
leflbns  taught  in  the  Lodge,  but  to  cultivate  and  extend 
the  philanthropic  principles  of  "  Friendfliip,  Morality  and 
Brotherly  Love,"  by  fraternal  intercourfe  and  correfpond- 
ence,  refulting  finally  in  the  eftablifliment  of  Lodges  in 
almoft  every  part  of  the  country. 

A  prominent  object  in  publifiiing  thefe  proceedings  in 
detail,  is  to  fliow  the  charader  of  the  Mafonic  Inftitution  in 
its  infancy  in  this  State  and  in  this  country,  by  fliowing 
who  were  its  members,  who  vifited  its  affemblies,  and  who 
performed  its  myftic  ceremonies  and  obferved  its  myftic 
rites.  For  this  purpofe  we  copy,  almoft  entire,  the  original 
Minute-Book  of  the  American  Union  Lodge,  giving  the 
names  of  all  who  were  received  in  it,  whether  by  initiation, 
admiffion,  or  vifitation,  as  it  moved  with  the  Army,  as  a 
pillar  of  "  light,"  in  parts  of  Connedicut,  New  York  and 
New  Jerfey. 

During  the  fufpenfion  of  the  meetings  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  Bofton,  in  1776,  the  following  Difpenfation  was 
iffued  by  the  Grand  Mafter : 


1776.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  15 

JOHN  ROWE,    Grand  Master, 
To  Joel  Clark,  Esq. — Greeting. 

By  virtue  of  authority  invefted  in  me,  I  hereby,  repofing 
fpecial  truft  and  confidence  in  your  knowledge  and  Ik  ill  of 
the  Ancient  Craft,  do  appoint  and  conftitute  you,  the  faid 
Joel  Clark,  Efquire,  Mafter  of  the  AMERICAN  UNION 
LODGE,  now  erected  in  Roxbury,  or  wherever  your  Body 
lliall  remove  on  the  Continent  of  America,  provided  it  is 
where  no  Grand  Mafter  is  appointed. 

You  are  to  promote  in  your  Lodge  the  utmoft  Harmony 
and  Brotherly  Love,  and  to  keep  up  to  the  Conftitutions, 
for  the  reputation  of  the  Craft,  In  your  makings  you  are 
to  be  very  cautious  of  the  Moral  Character  of  such  perfons, 
and  alfo  of  vifitors,  and  fuch  as  defire  to  become  Members 
of  your  Lodge,  (fuch  as  were  not  made  in  it.)  You  are  to 
tranfmit  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  fair  account  of  the  choice  of 
your  officers,  as  well  prefent  as  future.  Any  matters  com- 
ing before  your  Lodge  that  cannot  be  adjuited,  you  are  to 
appeal  to  and  lay  the  fame  before  the  Grand  Lodge  for  a 
decifion.  You  are,  as  often  as  the  Grand  Lodge  meets,  to 
attend  with  your  two  Wardens ;  of  the  time  and  place  the 
Grand  Lodge  lliall  meet,  you  will  have  previous  notice. 

In  order  to  fupport  the  Grand  Lodge,  your  Lodge  is  to 
pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Secretary,  each  Quarterly 
Night,  the  fum  of  1 2  lliillings  lawful  money  ;  all  of  which 
you  will  pay  due  regard  to. 

This  Commiffion  to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue  until 
recalled  by  me  or  my  fucceffor  in  office. 

Given  under  my  hand,  and  the  hands  of  the  Grand 
Wardens,  (the  feal  of  the  Grand  Lodge  firft  af- 

[l.  s.]      fixed,)  this  the  15th  day  of  Feb'y,  Anno  Mundi 
5776,  of  Salvation  1776. 

Richard  Gridley,  D.  G.  M. 
William  Burbeck,  S.  G.  W. 

J.  G.  W. 

Per  order  of  the  G.  Mafter. 

Recorded,     Wm.  Hoskins,  G.  Sec'y. 


16  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE,  1776.] 

The  following  names  appear  on  the  Minute-Book,  as  the 
"  Original  Members  of  American  Union  Lodge,  at  the 
firft  eftablilliment,  April,  1776." 

CoL  Joel  Clark,  Master  Mason.  Col.  Samuel  Holden  Parsons,  Fellow  Craft. 

Col,  John  Parke,  do.  Capt.  Ezekiel  Scott,  do. 

Thomas  Chace,  Esq.,   do.  =-  Whittlesey,  do. 

Ens.  Jonathan  Heart,  do.  Cotton,  do. 

Capt.  Joseph  Hoit,       do.  Col.  Samuel  Wyllys,     Entered  Apprentice. 
Capt.  William  Coit,      do. 

Admitted  to  Memberfliip  fince  April  i^,  1776. 

Capt.  Elihu  Marshall,    "j 

Capt  Jonathan  Brown,  Udmitted  members  15th  February,  1779. 
Col.  Isaac  Sherman,  •" 

Capt.  William  Redfield,  J 
Lieut.  Oliver  Lawrence — Admitted  17th  February,  1779. 

Col.  Eben  Gray,  ) 

Maj.  Willis  Clift,  V  Admitted  7th  May,  1779. 

Lieut.  Prentice  Hosmor, ) 

Dr.  Timothy  Hosmer,    "] 

Lieut.  John  Hobart,       j.  j^^^^-^^^^  members  August,  1779. 

Capt.  Josiah  Lacey,  ==      ' 

Capt.  Elijah  Chapman,  J 

John  Pierce,  D.  P.  Gov. — Admitted  member  16th  September,  1779. 

Made  Malons  previous  to  the  New  Regulations. 

Lieut.  Samuel  Buxton,    ^ 

Col.  Gamaliel  Bradford,  >  Massachusetts  Line,  made  7th  August,  1779. 

Dr.  Elisha  Skinner,         ) 

Lieut.  Cornelius  Russell,    ~] 

Lieut.  Samuel  H.  Barker,     nr   •,     .         t  mv.   i-rrn 

Lieut.  John  Sherman,  ^^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^th,  1779. 

Lieut.  Giles  Curtis,  J 

Dr.  Jonathan  Graham, 


] 


Lieut.  Peleg  Heath, 

Capt.  Henry  Ten  Eyck,    <  ^    ,    Ananst  2fith    1779 

Mr.  Asa  Worthington,     f  ^^^^^  August  ^bth,  i/Td. 

Capt.  Stephen  Betts, 

Col.  John  Brooks, 

Dr.  Samuel  Linsley — Made  August  29th,  1779. 
Lieut.  John  Bush,  "] 

Lieut.  Edward  Spear,  ht  j  ca  ^  -u  i  ^^i  i  T-^rx 
Lieut.  Moses  Cleavland,  [  ^^^^«  September  16th,  1779. 
Lieut.  Edward  Palmer,  J 

Col.  Francis  Johnson,  )  ,,  j    rv  x  u      ii^t.   -.— Tr^ 
Maj.  David  Smith,        \  ^^^^«  ^^^o^^''  ^^^^'^'  79- 


OP 

AMERICAN    UNION     LODGE. 


Article  1.  That  the  members  of  this  Lodge  shall  consist  of  forty-five  and  no 
more,  unless  it  shall  hereafter  appear  necessary  for  the  benefit  of  Masonry,  in 
which  case  it  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority  of  the  members  present — the 
Master  having  a  casting  vote  in  this  and  all  other  matters  that  concern  the  true 
interest  of  this  Lodge,  except  in  cases  hereafter  mentioned. 

Art.  2.  That  this  Lodge  shall  be  held  from  time  to  time  at  such  place  as  by 
adjournment  it  shall  be  ordered,  of  which  the  members  are  desired  to  take  par- 
ticular notice  and  attend  punctually. 

Art.  3.  In  order  to  preserve  the  credit  of  the  craft  and  the  harmony  of  Ma- 
sonry in  general,  no  candidate  shall  be  made  in  this  Lodge  unless  his  character 
is  well  avouched  by  one  or  more  of  the  brothers  present.  Every  brother  propos- 
ing  a  candidate  shall  stand  up  and  address  the  Master,  and  at  the  same  time  shall 
deposit  four  dollars  as  advance  towards  his  making,  into  the  hands  of  the  Secre* 
tary,  and  if  he  is  accepted  shall  be  in  part  of  his  making ;  if  he  is  not  accepted 
it  shall  be  returned,  and  if  he  is  accepted  and  does  not  attend  it  shall  be  forfeited 
for  the  use  of  the  Lodge,  casualties  excepted. 

Art.  4.  No  candidate  shall  be  made  on  the  Lodge  night  he  is  proposed,  unless 
it  shall  appear  that  he  is  under  such  circumstances  that  he  cannot  with  conven- 
ience attend  the  next  Lodge  night,  in  which  case  it  shall  be  submitted  to  the 
Lodge.     But  this  rule  may  be  dispensed  at  discretion  of  the  Lodge. 

Art.  5.  Every  candidate  proposed  shall  stand  on  the  minutes  until  the  next 
Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  night  after  he  is  proposed,  and  then  shall  be  balloted 
for ;  if  one  negative  only  shall  appear  then  he  shall  have  the  benefit  of  a  second 
ballot,  and  if  one  negative  shall  still  appear  he  shall  have  the  benefit  of  a  third 
ballot,  and  if  a  negative  still  appear,  the  candidate  shall  then  be  dismissed  and 
his  money  refunded  :  provided,  this  by-law  does  not  annul  the  provision  made  in 
the  immediate  foregoing  article. 

Art.  6.  Every  brother  made  in  this  Lodge  shall  pay  ten  dollars  for  his  making, 
of  which  the  deposit  money  shall  be  considered  as  part. 

Art.  7.  A  Lodge  of  emergency  may  be  called  for  making,  passing  or  raising  a 
brother,  they  paying  the  expense  of  the  evening. 

Art.  8.  Every  brother  made  in  this  Lodge  and  shall  sign  the  By-Laws,  shall 
commence  member  thereof,  and  shall  be  considered  as  such  until  he  signifies  his 
intentions  to  the  contrary  to  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  the  Lodge. 

Art.  9.  Every  member  shall  pay  into  the  hands  of  the  Secretary  one  shilling, 
equal  to  one-sixth  of  a  dollar,  for  every  night's  attendance,  to  be  paid  quarterly. 

Art.  10.  Every  brother  visiting  this  Lodge  shall  pay  one  shilling  each  night 
he  visits,  except  the  first  night,  when  he  shall  be  excused. 

3 


18  BY-LAWS    OF 

Art.  11.  Any  visiting  brother  who  shall  desire  to  become  a  member  of  this 
Lodge,  being  properly  recommended,  shall  have  the  benefit  of  a  ballot,  (the  same 
as  a  candidate.)  and  if  accepted  shall  pay  nine  shilling.?. 

Art.  12.  No  person  who  may  have  clandestinely  obtained  any  part  or  parts  of 
the  secrets  of  Masonry  shall  be  siiffered  to  visit  this  Lodge  until  he  has  made  due 
submission  and  gone  through  the  necessary  forms,  in  which  case  he  shall  pay 
for  making,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Lodge,  not  exceeding  the  usual  fees. 

Art.  13.  No  person  made  a  Mason  in  a  traveling  Lodge,  being  an  inhabitant 
of  any  metropolis  or  city  where  there  is  a  regular  Lodge  established,  shall  be  ad- 
mitted as  a  member  or  visitor  in  this  Lodge  until  he  has  complied  with  the  re- 
strictions in  the  immediate  foregoing  article. 

Art.  14.  Whenever  the  Master  shall  strike  upon  the  table  the  members  shall 
repair  to  their  places  and  keep  a  profound  silence.  No  brother  is  to  interrupt 
the  business  or  harmony  of  the  Lodge,  under  penalty  of  receiving  a  severe  repre- 
raand  from  the  Master  for  the  first  ottence,  and  if  he  shall  remain  contumaciously 
obstinate  shall  be  expelled  the  Lodge.    • 

Art.  15.  When  a  brother  has  any  thing  to  propose  he  shall  stand  up  and  ad- 
dress the  Master,  and  no  brother  shall  interrupt  another  while  speaking,  under 
penalty  of  a  rebuke  from  the  Master. 

Art.  16.  The  By-Laws  shall  be  read  every  Lodge  night  by  the  Secretary,  to 
which  every  member  is  to  give  due  attention. 

Art.  17.  That  every  member  of  the  Lodge  shall  endeavor  to  keep  in  mind 
what  passes  in  Lodge,  that  when  the  Master  shall  examine  them  on  the  mysteries 
of  the  craft  he  may  not  be  under  necessity  of  answering  for  them. 

Art.  18.  That  the  oflicers  of  this  Lodge  shall  be  chosen  on  the  first  Lodge 
night  preceding  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John  the  Evangelist, 
and  oftener  in  case  of  vacancies  by  death  or  any  other  casualties,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Lodge. 

Art.  19.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  true  and  fair  accounts  of  all  the  transactions 
of  the  Lodge,  and  shall  pay  all  moneys  collected  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer. 

Art.  20.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep  fair  and  true  accounts  of  all  moneys  re- 
ceived and  paid,  and  shall  exhibit  the  same  when  called  upon  by  the  Master  and 
Wardens  for  that  purpose  ;  and  when  a  new  Treasurer  is  chosen  the  late  Treas- 
\irer  shall  pay  such  balance  as  shall  appear  to  remain  in  his  hands  to  the  new 
Treasurer. 

Art.  21.  No  brother  shall  leave  the  Lodge  Room  until  he  obtains  permission 
from  the  Master  for  that  purpose. 

Art.  22.  The  outside  Tyler  shall  be  allowed  one  shilling  and  six  pence  for  each 
night's  attendance,  also  three  shillings  more  for  each  new  made,  passed  or  raised 
brother,  which  shall  be  paid  them  exclusive  of  the  premiums  paid  to  the  Lodge  ; 
the  inside  Tyler  shall  be  excused  from  paying  quarterages. 

Art.  23.  Any  brother  who  shall  disclose  the  secret  transactions  of  this  Lodge 
or  who  shall  be  privy  to  the  same  done  by  any  other  brother,  and  does  not  in- 
form the  Lodge  at  the  next  meeting  thereof,  shall  be  expelled  the  Lodge,  never 
to  be  re-admitted. 

Art.  24.  Any  brother  who  shall  remain  in  the  Lodge  Room  after  the  Lodge  is 
closed,  and  shall  be  guilty  of  or  accessory  to  any  conduct  by  which  the  craft 


AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE. 


19 


shall  be  subjected  to  aspersions  or  the  censure  of  the  world,  of  which  the  Lodge 
shall  be  judge,  shall  for  the  first  offeiH-e  be  severely  repreraap'led  by  the  Master 
the  first  time  he  appears  at  Lodge  ;  for  the  second  offense  he  shall  be  expelled 
the  Lodge. 

Art.  25.  Any  brother  who  shall  refuse  to  pay  obedience  to  the  foregoing  regu- 
lations, or  shall  dispute  the  payment  ^^f  any  fiie  laid  thereby,  or  adjudged  to  be 
inflicted  by  a  majority  of  the  Lodge,  shall  be  expelled  the  Lodge. 

Art.  26.  That  every  brother  (being  a  member  of  this  Lodge)  who  shall  be 
passed  a  Fellow  Craft,  shall  pay  twelve  shillings,  and  fifteen  for  being  raised  to 
the  sublime  degree  of  a  Master  Mason ;  and  that  any  brother  (not  a  member) 
shall,  for  being  passed,  pay  twenty-four  shillings,  and  thirty-six  for  being  raised 
to  the  sublime  degree  of  a  Master  Mason. 

Art.  27.  No  visiting  brother  shall  be  allowed  to  speak  in  matters  of  debate, 
unless  he  be  desired  by  the  Master  to  give  his  opinion. 

Art.  28.  Whereas,  many  matters  may  come  before  this  Lodge  not  particularly 
provided  for  in  the  foregoing  By-Laws,  the  same  shall  be  submitted  to  the  deter- 
mination of  the  Lodge  by  a  majority  of  votes  ;  the  Lodge  shall  reserve  to  them- 
selves to  alter,  amend,  diminish  or  augment  the  aforesaid  By-Laws,  as  shall  ap- 
pear necessary  by  the  majority  of  the  members  in  Lodge  assembled. 

And  whereas,  from  the  present  depreciation  of  our  money,  it  will  be  impossible 
to  maintain  the  dignity  of  the  Lodge  by  the  premiums  arising  from  the  By-Laws, 
it  is  ordered  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  this  Lodge  that  the  fees  for  a  new  made 
brother  be  thirty  dollars ;  passing  a  brother  (being  a  member)  six  dollars  ;  and 
raising,  seven  dollars  and  one-half;  and  all  other  perquisites,  so  far  as  relates  to 
the  gentlemen  of  the  army,  be  raised  three  fold  to  what  is  prescribed  in  the  By- 
Laws  ;  and  in  all  other  cases,  that  the  fees  and  perquisites  be  at  the  discretion  of 
the  majority  of  the  members  in  Lodge  assembled,  except  the  fees  of  the  outside 
Tyler,  which  for  making,  passing  and  raising  shall  be  six  fold,  to  be  paid  agree- 
ably to  the  22d  Article  of  the  By-Laws.     Signed  by 


Jonathan  Heart, 
Elihu  Marshall, 
William  Redfield, 
Oliver  Lawrence, 
Hezekiah  Holdridge, 
William  Richards, 
Jonathan  Brown, 
Eben  Gray, 
Willis  Clift, 
Prentice  Hosmer, 
David  F.  Sill, 
Simeon  Belding, 
Thomas  Grosvenor, 
Henry  Champion, 
Robert  Warner, 
John  R.  Watrous, 
Richard  Sill, 


Albergence  Waldo, 
William  Little, 
Elias  Stilwill, 
Jabez  Clark, 
David  Judson, 
William  Judd, 
Samuel  Richards, 
William  Higgins, 
John  Simpson, 
Reuben  Pride, 
Timothy  Hosmer, 
John  Hobart, 
Jabez  Parsons, 
Josiah  Lacey, 
Elijah  Chapman, 
Noah  Coleman, 
Qamaliel  Bradford, 


John  Brooks, 
Samuel  Finley, 
Timothy  Whiting, 
Rufus  Putnam, 
Samuel  Craig, 
W.  Wilson, 
Asa  Worthington, 
S.  H.  Barker, 
John  Sherman, 
John  Hughes, 
Elisha  Skinner, 
Jonathan  G.  Graham, 
Giles  Curtiss, 
Stephen  Betts, 
Henry  TenEyck, 
Peleg  Heath, 
Thomas  Byles. 


20  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  [Feb. 

STATE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  viz.  ) 

Reading,  February  yth,  1779.       ) 

On  the  application  of  a  number  of  gentlemen,  brethren 
of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  to  the  members  of  American  Union  Lodge,  held 
by  authority,  under  the  Right  Worfliipful  John  Rowe,  Efq., 
Grand  Mafter  of  all  Mafons  in  North  America,  where  no 
Special  Grand  Mafter  is  appointed,  requefting  that  the  faid 
American  Union  Lodge  may  be  convened,  for  the  purpose 
of  re-eftablilliing  the  Ancient  Craft  in  the  same.  Agree- 
able to  which  a  fummons  was  iffued,  deiiring  the  members 
of  the  American  Union  Lodge  to  meet  at  Widow  Sanford's, 
near  Reading  Old  Meeting  Houfe,  on  Monday,  the  15th 
of  inft.  February,  at  4  o'clock.  Past  M.,  and  an  invitation 
fent  to  the  others,  the  brethren  of  the  Ancient  and  Honor- 
able Society  of  Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  to  attend  at  5 

o'clock,  Past  M. 

JONATHAN  HEART, 

Secretary  American  Union  Lodge. 

Feb.  10th,  Anno  Mundi  5779,  ) 
Salutis,  1779.  ) 


Eeading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  Feb.  15th,  1779. 

Agreeable  to  summons,  the  members  of  the  Ancient  American 
Union  Lodge  assembled.  Brother  Jonathan  Heart  in  the  chair. 
Present — Joseph  Hoit,  Sen.  Warden  ;  William  Judd,  member  ; 
Charles  Peck,  Tyler.  Visitors — Brs.  Elihu  Marshall,  John 
Brown,  Isaac  Sherman,  William  Kedfield, Coleman. 

Lodge  opened,  when  Brs.  Elihu  Marshall,  John  Brown  Isaac 
Sherman,  and  William  Redfield  were  separately  proposed  to 
become  members  of  this  Lodge,  balloted  for  and  accepted. 

Then  proceeded  to  elect  a  Master  to  fill  the  chair  in  room  of 
the  Worshipful  Joel  Clark,  Esq.,   deceased,   when  the  Hon. 


1779.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  21 

Samuel  Holden  Parsons  was  unanimously  elected.  Then  pro- 
ceeded to  elect  a  Secretary,  when  William  Judd  was  elected. 

As  the  Worshipful  Master  elect  was  absent  and  not  likely  to 
return  soon  or  attend,  the  brethren  unanimously  agreed  to  dis- 
pense with  the  regulation  of  the  Master's  being  present  at  the 
election  of  the  other  officers,  and  therefore  proceeded  to  the 
choice  of  a  Senior  Warden,  when  Bro.  Heart  was  elected,  who 
having  taken  the  chair,  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  the  other 
officers,  and  duly  elected  Bro.  Marshall,  Junior  Warden,  Bro. 
Sherman,  Treasurer,  and  Charles  Peck,  Tyler. 

The  newly  elected  officers,  (the  Worshipful  excepted,  who 
was  absent,)  having  with  the  usual  ceremonies  taken  their 
seats,  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  By-Laws,  and 
unanimously  agreed  that  the  same  continue  in  full  force,  with 
this  proviso  : 

That  the  fees  for  admission  of  candidates  be  thirty  dollars,  passing  six  dollars, 
and  raising  seven  and  one-half  dollars,  and  all  other  perquisites,  &c.,  so  far  as 
relates  to  the  gentlemen  of  the  armj',  be  raised  three  fold,  and  in  all  other  cases 
the  fees  and  perquisites  be  at  the  discretion  of  the  majority  of  the  brethren  mem- 
bers in  Lodge  assembled ;  that  the  Tyler's  fees  for  new  admitted  brethren,  pass- 
ing and  raising  be  three  dollars,  exclusive  of  all  other  fees. 

Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Grosvenor  and  Capt.  Henry  Champion, 
of  the  Third  Connecticut  Battalion,  and  Simeon  Belding,  Di- 
vision Quarter  Master,  were  proposed  to  be  made  Entered  Ap- 
prentices by  Bro.  Heart. 

Lodge  closed  until  I7th  February,  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Beading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  Feb.  17th,  1779. 

Lodge  opened  at  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  Present — Brs.  Heart,  W. 
M.  ;  Marshall,  S.  W.  ;  Redfield,  J.  W.  ;  Sherman,  Treasurer  ; 
Judd,  Secretary  ;  Brown  and  Richards,  members  ;  Chas.  Peck, 
Tyler  ;  Coleman  and  Lawrence,  visitors. 

Bro.  Lawrence  was  proposed  to  become  a  member  of  this 
Lodge,  balloted  for  and  accepted. 

Simeon  Belding,  Thomas  Grosvenor,  and  Henry  Champion, 
proposed  the  last  Lodge  night,  were  separately  balloted  for  to  be 
made  Entered  Apprentices,  accepted  and  made. 


22  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  [Feb. 

Capt.  Eobert  Warner  and  Dr.  John  R.  Watrous,  Surgeon  of 
tlie  Third  Connecticut  Battalion,  pro230sed  to  be  made  Entered 
Apprentices  by  Bro.  Heart  ;  and  Lieut.  John  Mix,  of  the  Sec- 
ond Connecticut  Battalion,  proposed  by  Bro.  Sherman. 

Brother  Belding,  having  been  made  in  a  clandestine  Lodge, 
one-half  of  the  deposit  and  fees  remitted. 

Reading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  Feb.  24th,  1779. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge.  Present — Brs.  Heart,  W.  M.  ; 
Marshall,  S.  W,  ;  Lawrence,  J.  W.  ;  Sherman,  Treasurer  ; 
Judd,  Secretary  ;  Richards,  Grosvenor  and  Champion,  mem- 
bers ;  Charles  Peck,  Tyler. 

Lodge  opened.  Robert  Warner,  John  Mix  and  John  R. 
Watrous,  who  were  proposed  last  Lodge  night,  to  be  made  En- 
tered Apprentices,  were  separately  balloted  for,  accepted  and 
made  Entered  Apprentices. 

The  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  By- 
Laws,  and  agreed  tliat  Brs.  Marshall  and  Heart  be  appointed 
to  take  the  same  into  consideration,  correct  and  amend  the  same, 
and  make  report  at  the  next  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge. 

Lieut.  Richard  Sill,  of  the  Eighth  Connecticut  Battalion,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  a  Mason  by  Bro.  Judd  ;  Capt.  Edward 
Archibald,  of  the  Artillery  Train,  by  Bro.  Brown  ;  Dr.  Albi- 
gence  Waldo,  by  Bro.  Richards  ;  Mr.  William  Little,  State 
Commissary,  by  Bro.  Redfield. 

Reading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  March  10th,  1779. 
Entered  Apprentice  Lodge,  opened.  The  minutes  of  last 
Lodge  read.  Proceeded  to  business,  when  the  Committee  ap- 
pointed to  correct  and  amend  the  By-Laws  reported  them  in 
twenty-eight  Articles,  which  being  separately  read,  the  Lodge 
unanimously  agreed  and  voted  that  they  take  place  in  all  cases 
whatsoever,  any  By-Laws  heretofore  enacted  notwithstanding. 
The  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  particular  business,  when  Richard 
Sill,  Albigence  Waldo,  and  William  Little,  who  were  proposed 
last  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  to  be  made  Masons  were  sepa- 
rately balloted  for,  accepted  and  made  Entered  Apprentices. 


1779.]  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  23 

Lieut.  Samuel  Eicliards,  of  the  Third  Connecticut  Battalion 
was  proposed  to  be  made  a  Mason  by  Bro.  Champion  ;  Capt. 
Stilwill,  of  the  same  Battalion,  by  Bro.  Grosvenor  ;  Lieut.  Cor- 
nelius Eussell,  of  the  Fifth  Connecticut  Battalion,  by  Bro. 
Redfield. 

Reading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  March  17th,  1779. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge,  4  o'clock,  P.  M.  Present — Brs, 
Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Marshall,  S.  W.  ;  Redfield,  J.  W.  ;  Belding, 
Treasurer  ;  Grosvenor,  Secretary  ;  members — Brown,  Lawrence, 
Champion,  Warner,  Watrous,  Mix,  Sill,  Waldo,  Little  ;  Peck, 
Tyler  ;  visitors — Hunting,  Clift,  Woodward,  Coleman. 

Lodge  opened,  proceeded  to  business,  when  Capt.  Edward 
Archibald,  of  the  Train  of  Artillery,  Lieut,  Samuel  Richards,  of 
the  Third  Connecticut  Battalion,  Capt.  Elias  Stilwill,  of  the 
same,  and  Lieut.  Cornelius  Russell,  of  the  Fifth  Connecticut 
Battalion,  who  were  heretofore  proposed  to  be  made  Masons, 
were  separately  balloted  for  and  accepted.  Capt.  Edward  Ar- 
chibald and  Capt.  Elias  Stilwell  were  made  Entered  Appren- 
tices. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  closed  for  a  short  space  and  Mas- 
ters Lodge  opened. 

Capt.  Archibald  having  appeared  at  Lodge  in  a  situation  un- 
becoming the  character  of  a  Mason,  the  Lodge  unanimously  re- 
solved and  desired  that  Bro.  Brown  inform  him  that  he  is  not 
to  attend  this  Lodge,  and  that  he  is  to  be  considered  and  treat- 
ed in  the  same  manner  as  though  never  made  a  Mason. 

Masters  Lodge  closed.  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  opened. 

Brs.  Belding,  Sill  and  Little,  appointed  to  prepare  a  feast  on 
Wednesday,  the  7th  of  April  next. 

March  22d,  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Lodge  opened,  proceeded  to  business,  when  Brs.  Sill,  Waldo 
and  Little  were  proposed  to  be  passed  to  Fellow  Crafts,  separ- 
ately balloted  for  and  accepted,  and  passed  Fellow  Crafts. 

Mr.  Jabez  Clark,  State  Commissary,  was  proposed  to  be  made 
a  Mason  in  this  Lodge,  by  Bro.  Redfield  ;  Lieut.  Judson  of  the 


24  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE,  [March, 

Eighth  Connecticut  Battalion,  proposed  by  Bro.  Lawrence  ; 
Lieut,  Jabez  Parsons,  of  the  Second  Connecticut  Battalion, 
proposed  by  Bro.  Eedfield. 

Some  j)articular  business  requiring  it,  voted,  that  an  Entered 
Apprentice  Lodge  be  held  on  Thursday,  the  25th  of  inst.  March, 
at  2  o'clock,  P.  M. ;  that  Brs.  Beldiug,  Sill  and  Little  prepare  a 
dinner,  and  invite  the  brethren  of  the  Ancient  Society,  who  are 
not  members  of  this  Lodge,  to  dine  with  us  ;  that  Bro.  Eedfield 
wait  on  the  Hon.  Bro.  Putnam  with  the  desire  of  the  Lodge  to 
attend  ;  that  Mrs.  Sanford,  her  daughter  and  niece,  Mrs.  Mar- 
shall and  Heart  be  also  invited  to  dine  with  us  on  Thursday. 

Lodge  closed  without  day, 

March  25th,  1779. 

At  a  Lodge  of  Emergency,  present — Brs.  Heart,  W.  M. ; 
Marshall,  S.  W.  ;  Eedfield,  J.  W. ;  Belding,  Treasurer  ;  Cham- 
pion, Secretary  ;  Whitney,  Tyler.  Members — Warner,  Wat- 
rous,  Waldo,  Little,  Sill.     Visitor — Bro.  Coleman. 

Lodge  opened,  proceeded  to  business.  Mr.  Jabez  Clark,  State 
Commissary,  Lieut.  Judson,  of  the  Third  Connecticut  Battalion, 
and  Lieut.  Jabez  Parsons,  of  the  Second  Connecticut  Battalion, 
heretofore  proposed  to  be  made  Masons,  were  separately  balloted 
for  and  accepted,  and  duly  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

Lodge  closed  for  a  space. 

Procession  began  at  half  past  four  o'clock  in  the  following 
order  : 

1.  Bro.  Whitney  to  clear  the  way. 

2.  The  Wardens,  with  their  wands. 

3.  The  youngest  brother,  with  the  bag. 

4.  Brethren  by  Juniority. 

5.  The  Worshipful  Master,  with  the  Treasurer  on  his  right 
hand,  supporting  the  sword  of  justice,  and  the  Secretary  on  his 
left  hand,  supporting  the  bible,  square  and  compasses. 

6.  Music,  playing  the  "Entered  Apprentice  March." 
Proceeded  to  Esq.  Hawley's,  where  Br.  Little  delivered  a  few 

sentiments  on  Friendship, — the  Eev.  Dr,  Evans  and  a  number 
of  gentlemen  and  ladies  being  present.     After  dinner  the  fol- 


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lowing  songs  and  toasts  were  given,  interspersed  with  music,  for 
the  entertainment  of  the  company  : 

Songs.  Toasts.  Music, 

Hail  America.  General  AVashinston.  Grand  March, 

Montgomery.  { IlttToZrWoo"™'  \  "-^  "-"■ 

ti        v  1    T    I  T  4.      i  Relief  of  the  Widows  and  )  n^ t^„  t!„ 

French  ladies'  Lament.     <  Ornhans  \  ^'^^^^^y  ^'S- 

Mason's  Daughter.  Ladies  of  America.  Mason's  Daughter. 

On,  on  my  dear  Brethren.   Union,  Harmonj'  &  Peace. 
Huntsmen.  Social  Enjoyment. 

My  Dog  and  Gun.  Contentment. 

The  festivities  of  the  occasion  were  conchided  with  a  speech 
by  Br.  Waldo. 

At  half  past  7  o'clock  the  procession  began  in  returning  to 
the  Lodge  room,  in  reverse  order  from  the  afternoon  procession. 
Music  playing  "  The  Mason's  Daughter." 

The  Lodge  being  opened,  the  W.  Master  returned  his  thanks 
to  the  officers  and  brethren  for  their  faithful  attendance  in  labor, 
and  in  transacting  the  business  of  the  day  with  the  greatest  de- 
corum and  harmony. 

Voted,  That  the  Lodge  have  a  grateful  sense  of  the  honor 
paid  them  by  the  Eev.  Br.  Evans,  and  other  gentlemen  and 
ladies  in  attending  the  exercises  of  the  day. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Lodge  be  presented  to  Brs. 
Little  and  Waldo  for  the  honor  conferred  on  the  Lodge  by  their 
addresses. 

Lodge  closed  in  good  time,  without  date. 

March  31st,  1779,  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Lodge  opened  and  proceeded  to  business,  when  Brs.  Warner, 
Mix  and  Watrous  were  separately  balloted  for  and  each  raised 
to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Brs.  Waldo,  Sill  and  Little,  were  proposed  to  be  raised  at  the 
next  Masters  Lodge. 

Voted,  That  Brs.  Little,  Belding  and  Sill,  as  heretofore  voted, 
proceed  in  preparing  a  feast  on  Wednesday,  the  7th  of  April ; 
that  Bro.  Kedfield  wait  on  Bro.  Putnam  and  his  two  Aids-de- 
Camp  with  the  desire  of  this  Body  that  they  dine  with  us  ; 
that  Bro.  Heart  wait  on  the  Rev.  Dr.  Evans  with  the  desire  of 

4 


26  AMERICAN    UNION   LODGE.  [April^ 

tlie  Lodge  that  lie  dine  with  us,  and  also  that  he  favor  the 
assembly  with  a  discourse  on  such  subject  as  he  shall  think 
proper.  Also  voted,  that  the  Kev.  Mr.  Bartlett,  his  wife,  Mrs. 
Sanford,  her  daughter  and  niece,  Esq.  Hawley,  his  wife  and 
daughter,  the  widow  Faircliild,  widow  Sanford,  Mrs.  Marshall, 
Mrs.  Heart,  Miss  Curtis  and  Col.  Meigs  be  invited  to  dine  with 
us  ;  that  Bro.  Belding  present  them  with  notice  in  the  name  of 
the  Lodge.      Voted,  That  dinner  be  served  at  2  o'clock. 

April  7th,  1779,  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Masters  Lodge,  per  adjournment.  Present — Hon.  Bro.  Par- 
sons, W.  M.  ;  Heart,  S.  W.  ;  Marshall,  J.  W.  ;  Belding,  Tr. ; 
Grosvenor,  Sec'iy  ;  Whitney,  Tyler.  Members — Bros.  Hoit, 
Eedfield,  Lawrence,  Champion,  Mix,  Watrous.  Visitors — Brs. 
Henry  Dearborn,  Hosmer,  Munson. 

Lodge  opened,  when  Brs.  Waldo,  Sill  and  Little,  heretofore 
proposed,  were  sej)arately  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  raised  to 
the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason.  Capt.  Eben  Perkins,  by 
vote,  was  admitted  to  sit  in  this  Lodge. 

April  7th,  1779, 10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge,  per  adjournment.  Present — The 
Hon.  Bro.  Parsons,  W.  M.  ;  Heart,  S.  W. ;  Marshall,  J.  W.  ; 
Belding,  Treas.  ;  Grosvenor,  Sec'ry  ;  Whitney  and  Peck,  Ty- 
lers. Members — Bros.  Hoit,  Kedfield,  Lawrence,  Champion, 
Mix,  Watrous,  Waldo,  Little,  Sill,  Judson,  Clark.  Visitors — 
Bros.  Dearborn,  Hosmer,  Monson,  Fogg. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  opened,  when  Lieut.  Samuel  Eich- 
ards,  Paymaster  to  the  Third  Connecticut  Battalion,  having 
been  proposed,  balloted  for  and  accepted  to  be  made  a  Mason, 
was  made  an  Entered  Apprentice. 

It  having  been  voted  to  dine  at  three  o'clock,  at  half  past 
one  the  procession  began,  as  follows  : 

1.  Br.  Whitney,  Outside  Tyler. 

2.  The  Wardens,  with  White  Rods. 

3.  The  Youngest  Brother,  with  the  Bag. 

4.  The  Brethren,  by  Juniority, 

.    5.  The  W.  Master,  with  his  Rod  ;  the  Treasurer  on  his  ris-ht 


1779.]  AMEKICAN  UNION  LODGE.  27 

hand,  supporting  the  Sword  of  Justice ;  the  Secretary  on  his 
left,  supporting  the  Bible,  Square  and  Compasses. 

6.  Bro.  Peck,  the  Inside  Tyler. 

Music  advanced,  playing  the  "Entered  Apprentice  March." 

The  W.  Master  and  Brethren  having  seated  themselves,  to- 
gether with  a  number  of  respectable  inhabitants,  gentlemen  and 
ladies,  the  Eev.  Doct.  Evans  delivered  a  discourse  suitable  to 
the  occasion. 

After  dinner  the  W.  Master  called  on  Bro.  Monson  and  others 
for  songs  and  sentiments,  when  the  company  were  favored  with 
the  following,  each  song  and  toast  being  enlivened  with  appro- 
priate music  : 

Song  by  Br.  Munson — Watery  Gods.  Toast — Health  of  Congress.  Music — Grena- 
dier's March. 

Song  by  Br.  Munson — Elegy  on  General  Wolfe.  Toast — Warren,  Montgomery  and 
Wooster.     Music — Dead  March. 

Mason's  Song,  by  Br.  Redfield.  Toast — The  Good  and  Just.  Music — Prince 
Eugene. 

Song  by  Br.  Munson — Colin  and  Phoebe.  Toast — The  Ladies  of  America.  Mu- 
sic— Country  Jig. 

Song  on  Masonry,  by  Br.  Marshall.  Toast — Arts  and  Sciences.  Music — Splen- 
dor of  the  Morning. 

Song  by  Brs.  Munson  and  Marshall — The  Tempest.  With  Jack,  the  Seaman,  to 
conclude. 

At  six  o'clock  the  procession  returned  to  the  Lodge  room,  and 
the  Lodge  being  oj)en,  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Lodge  be  presented  in  writing 
to  the  Rev.  Doct.  Evans,  for  his  polite  address  and  sentiments 
delivered  this  day,  and  that  Bro.  Waldo  wait  on  him  with  the 
same  ;  also,  that  Bro.  Waldo  present  our  thanks  to  the  Rev, 
Mr.  Bartlet,  and  to  the  other  gentlemen  and  ladies  who  favored 
the  Lodge  with  their  company  at  dinner. 

Voted,  That  Brs.  Whitney  and  Peck  act  as  inside  and  out- 
side Tylers,  and  share  equally  the  profits  of  tyling  this  Lodge, 

Ensign  Wm.  Higgins,  Qr.  Master  to  the  Third  Connecticut 
Battalion,  and  Doct.  John  Simpson,  Surgeon  to  the  Fifth  Bat- 
talion, were  proposed  by  Brs.  Watrous  and  Redfield  to  be  made 
Masons. 

April  15,  1779,  6  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Entered  Apprentice's  Lodge  of  Emergency — present,  all  the 
officers  and  several  members  and  visitors. 


28  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  [April, 

Bro.  Sill  proposed  the  Kev,  Doct.  T 1  Evans  to  be  made  a 

Mason  ;  and,  as  lie  was  under  the  necessity  of  soon  departing 
from  this  place,  and  his  character  was  so  universally  well  known 
by  all  the  brethren,  he  was  balloted  for  and  accepted,  and  it 
was  voted,  that  an  emergent  meeting  be  held  to-morrow  evening 
for  the  purpose  of  making  him. 

Ensign  Wm.  Higgins  and  Doct.  John  Simpson,  heretofore 
proposed,  were  separately  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  made  En- 
tered Apprentices, 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Lodge  be  transmitted  to  Bro. 
Elihu  Marshall,  for  his  particular  attention  to  the  Lodge  while 
serving  them  as  Senior  Warden. 

Voted,  That  the  members  of  this  Lodge,  who  were  present  at 
the  feast  on  Wednesday  the  7th  inst.,  pay  a  club  of  five  dollars, 
and  that  Bro.  Belden's  bill  be  paid  for  the  two  feasts,  viz  : 

For  Thursday,  March  25th, £45     0     3 

For  Wednesday,  April  7th, 81  14  11 

Bro.  Sill's  bill  for  Apl.  7th, 19  14     0 

Bro.  Little's  bill  Mar.  25th, Ill     0 

"         "         "      Apl.  7th, 4  16     0 

£152  16     2 
Voted,  That  Bro.  Belding  have  an  order  on  Bro.  Judd  for  the 
balance  in  his  hands.     Closed  without  timie. 

April  16th,  1779,  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Entered  Apprentice's  Lodge  of  Emergency.  Present — Bro. 
Heart,  as  W.  M.  ;  other  officers  and  members.  Rev.  Doct.  T. 
Evans,  who  was  proposed  last  night,  and  balloted  for  and  ac- 
cepted, was  received  and  made  an  Entered  Apprentice. 

Lieuts,  John  Sherman  and  Reuben  Pride  Avere  proposed  to  be 
made  Masons,  by  Brs.  Grosvenor  and  Richards. 

Closed  without  date. 

April  21,  1779,  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M,,  the  Rev,  Bro.  Evans  was 
passed  a  Fellow  Craft,  and  the  same  evening  he  was  raised  to 
the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  as  was  also  Brs.  Richards 
and  Stilwill,  after  having  been  separately  balloted  for  and  ac- 
cepted. 


1779.]  AMEKICAN  UNION  LODGE.  29 

Beading,  viz.  Mrs.  Sanford's,  April  28,  1779. 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  opened  by  adjournment ;  present, 
Br.  Heart  as  W.  M.  ;  other  officers,  members  and  visitors. 

Lieut.  Eeuben  Pride,  heretofore  proposed,  was  balloted  for, 
accepted,  and  made  an  Entered  Apprentice. 

May  3d. — Brs.  Elijah  Humphrey,  Wm.  Higgins,  and  John 
Simpson,  having  been  balloted  for  and  accepted,  were  passed  to 
the  degree  of  Fellow  Craft. 

May  5th. — Brs.  Wm.  Judd,  Jabez  Clark,  and  Samuel  Kich- 
ards,  heretofore  made  Fellow  Crafts,  were  proposed,  separately 
balloted  for  and  accepted,  and  severally  raised  to  the  sublime 
degree  of  Master  Mason. 

May  7th. — Bro.  Eeuben  Pride,  having  been  heretofore  pro- 
posed to  become  a  Fellow  Craft,  was  balloted  for,  accepted  and 
passed.  Brs.  Elijah  Humphrey,  David  Judson,  William  Hig- 
gins, and  Reuben  Pride,  heretofore  proposed  for  raising,  were 
separately  balloted  for  and  accepted,  and  raised  to  the  sublime 
degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Bro.  Andrew  Fitch,  a  Captain  in  the  Fourth  Connecticut 
Battalion,  having  been  made  an  Entered  Apprentice  in  a  regu- 
lar Lodge  at  New  Haven,  at  a  distance  from  that  part  of  the 
Army  wdiere  the  American  Union  Lodge  was  held,  and  at  a 
place  where  his  character  was  well  known,  he  being  there  on 
command,  was  proposed  to  be  made  a  Fellow  Craft  in  this 
Lodge  ;  and  having  been  balloted  for  and  accepted,  he  was  ac- 
cordingly passed  to  the  degree  of  Fellow  Craft. 

At  an  Emergent  Masters'  Lodge,  held  on  the  same  evening, 
Bro.  Andrew  Fitch  was  proposed  to  be  raised  ;  and,  having 
been  balloted  for  and  accepted,  he  was  accordingly  raised  to  the 
sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason.     Closed  without  date. 

[The  operations  of  the  Army  now  requiring  the  Con- 
necticut Line  to  remove  their  quarters,  the  subfequent  meet- 
ings of  this  Lodge  were  held  in  the  States  of  New  York 
and  New  Jerfey.] 


so  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  [June, 

STATE  OF  NEW  YOKK. 

Nelson's  Point,  June  24th,  1779. 
Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist. 

The  American  Union  Lodge  held  by  authority  under  the 
Most  WorshipfulJohn  Kowe,  Esq.,  Grand  Master  of  all  Masons 
in  North  America,  where  no  Special  Grand  Master  is  appointed, 
confirmed  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Peter  Middleton,  M.  D., 
Provincial  Deputy  Grand  Master  for  the  Province  of  New  York, 
by  the  name  of  Military  Union  Lodge. 

8  o'clock,  A.  M.  Ofiacers  present— Brs.  Parsons,  W.  M.  ; 
Heart,  S.  W.  ;  Redfield,  J.  W.  ;  Champion,  Treasurer  ;  Gros- 
venor.  Secretary  ;  Whitney,  Tyler.  Members  present — Brs. 
Little,  Grey,  Clark,  Pride,  Watrous,  Stilwill,  Higgins,  Warner, 
Wyllys,  Clift,  Fitch,  Brown,  Holdridge,  Lawrence,  Richards, 
Humj)hreys,  Judd,  Sill,  Judson.  Visitors — Brs.  Munson,  Per- 
kins, Coleman,  Hubbard,  Woodward. 

Lodge  opened  and  proceeded  to  the  business  of  the  day,  viz  : 
to  elect  officers  for  the  half  year  ensuing,  agreeable  to  Constitu- 
tion, when  the  following  brethren  were  unanimously  chosen,  viz  : 
Jonathan  Heart,  W.  Master  ;  Samuel  H.  Parsons,  S.  Warden ; 
Samuel  Wyllys,  Jun.  Warden  ;  Simeon  B elding,  Treasurer ; 
Thomas  Grosvenor,  Secretary ;  William  Redfield  and  William 
Little,  Stewards  ;  Daniel  Whitney,  Tyler. 

The  officers  elect  having  taken  their  seats  and  finished  the 
partial  business  of  the  day.  Lodge  was  closed  till  10  o'clock,  A. 
M.,  then  to  meet  on  West  Point,  in  order  to  celebrate  the  Fes- 
tival of  St.  John. 

The  brethren  then  proceeded  to  West  Point,  where  being 
joined  by  a  number  of  brothers  from  the  Brigades  on  West  Point 
and  Constitution  Island,  the  whole  proceeded  from  General  Pat- 
terson's Quarters  to  the  Red  House  in  the  following  order : 

1.  Bro.  Whitney,  to  clear  the  way. 

2.  The  Band  of  Music  with  drums  and  fifes. 

3.  The  Wardens. 

4.  The  youngest  brother,  with  the  bag. 

5.  Brethren  by  juniority. 


1779.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  31 

6.  The  Rev,  Drs.  Smith,  Avery  and  Hitchcock. 

7.  The  Master  of  the  Lodge,  with  the  Treasurer  on  his  right, 
supporting  the  sword  of  justice,  and  the  Secretary  on  his  left, 
supporting  the  bible,  square  and  compasses. 

8.  Bro,  Binns  to  close,  with  Brs.  Lorrain  and  Disborough  on 
the  flanks  opposite  the  center. 

Being  arrived  at  the  Red  House,  Lodge  was  opened  in  ample 
form.  Officers  present — Brs.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Parsons,  S.  War- 
den ;  Wyllys,  J.  Warden ;  Champion,  Treasurer  ;  Grosvenor, 
Secretary  ;  Redfield  and  White,  Stewards  ;  Whitney,  Binns, 
Lorrain  and  Disborough,  Tylers. 

Members  present — Brs.  Hull,  Holdridge,  Richards,  Humphreys,  Brown,  Law- 
rence, Gray,  Clift,  Sill,  Warner,  Judson,  Judd,  Clark,  Pride,  Stilwill,  Watrous, 
Higgins,  Fitch. 

Visitors,  Masters — 'Brs.  Nixon,  Greaton,  Loring,  Smith,  Williams,  Watson, 
Cumpton,  Tisdale,  Davis,  Burnham,  Mainard,  Smith,  Meecham,  Whitwell,  Shays, 
Rouse,  Blake,  Everet,  Holland,  A.  Holden,  J.  Holden,  Chambers,  Frost,  Pike, 
Holbrook,  Patterson,  Tupper,  Patten,  Murply,  Clark,  Moore.  Winches,  Porter, 
Page,  Greenleaf,  Jones,  Francis,  Lunt,  Goodrich,  Burly,  Foot,  Hitchcock,  Welch, 
Clough,  Dolleyon,  Stewart,  King,  Williams,  Davidson,  Storer,  Lacey,  Woodward. 

Visitors,  Fellow  Crafts — Brs.  Nixon,  Flowers,  Snow,  Annend,  Thompson,  Jen- 
nison,  Barnes,  Francis,  Hart. 

Visitors,  Apprentices — Brs.  Fernald,  Wingater,  Bailey,  Bannister.  Bradford, 
Morton,  Forcy,  Alden,  Hastings,  Mellens,  Thomas,  Farley,  Haskell,  Dixen,  Ferrol, 
Tucker. 

After  the  usual  ceremonies,  the  Lodge  retired  to  a  bower  in 
front  of  the  house,  where  being  joined  by  his  Excellency  General 
WASHINGTON  and  family,  an  address  was  delivered  to  the 
brethren  and  a  number  of  gentlemen  collected  on  the  occasion, 
by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hitchcock,  followed  by  an  address  to  the  breth- 
ren in  particular,  by  Bro.  Hull.  After  dinner  the  following 
toasts  were  drank,  and  closed  with  music,  also  the  songs  annex- 
ed to  them,  viz  : 

Toasts — Congress  ;  Friendly  Powers  of  Europe ;  Warren,  Montgomery  and 
Wooster ;  Females  of  America ;  Arts  and  Sciences. 

Music — Grenadier's  March ;  Prince  Eugene's  March  ;  Dead  Marcli ;  Rural  Fe- 
licity ;  Country  Jig. 

Songs — Elegy  on  Gen.  Wolfe,  by  Bro.  Munson, ;  The  Mason's  Daughter,  by 
Bro.  Page  ;  The  Virtuous  Science,  by  Bro.  Warner. 

A  number  of  other  toasts  and  songs  were  given  by  different 
brethren. 


32  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  [Jlltyj 

His  Excellency  Bro.  WASHINGTON,  having  returned  to 
the  barge  attended  by  the  Wardens  and  Secretary  of  the  Lodge, 
amidst  a  crowd  of  brethren,  the  music  playing  "God  save 
America/'  and  embarked,  his  departure  was  announced  by  three 
cheers  from  the  shore,  answered  by  three  from  the  barge,  the 
music  beating  the  "  Grenadier's  March." 

The  brethren  then  returned  to  Gen.  Patterson's  Quarters,  in 
the  reversed  order  of  that  in  which  the  first  procession  was  made, 
when  the  Master  with  his  Wardens  and  Secretary  closed  the 
Lodge. 

"Cr.  by  club  of  107  brethren, £409  12     0 

Expenses  of  the  day,     393     9     0 

Allowance  to  the  brethren  on  West  Point 

for  mistakes  in  change,  &c 3     5     0 

£396  14    0 

Eobinson  House,  July  26,  1799. 

Lodge  opened  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.  Bro.  Simpson  was  ballot- 
ed for  and  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Col.  Kufus  Putnam,  of  the  Massachusetts  Line,  Col.  Wm. 
Williams  and  Maj.  Thomas  Byles,  of  the  Third  Pennsylvania 
Regiment,  Lieut.  Peleg  Heath,  of  the  Third  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment, and  Mr.  Timothy  Whiting,  Quarter  Master  at  the  Gar- 
rison of  Fort  Arnold,  were  severally  proposed  to  be  made  Ma- 
sons, and  on  being  subsequently  balloted  for  and  accepted,  they 
were  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

Aug.  2d. — Capt.  Samuel  Craig,  Capt.  William  Wilson  and 
Lieut.  John  Hughs,  all  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line,  were  pro- 
posed by  Bro.  Moore  ;  Capt.  Samuel  Barker  and  Lieut.  Giles 
Curtis,  by  Bro.  Gray  ;  Dr.  Jona.  Graham,  of  the  7th  Connecti- 
cut Regiment,  by  Bro.  Hart ;  Lieut.  James  Buxton,  of  the  11th 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  by  Bro.  Page  ;  Capt.  Henry  TenEyck 
and  Ens.  Robert  Allen,  of  the  2d  Connecticut  Regiment,  by 
Bro.  Sherman.  Brs.  Eedfield  and  Little  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  inspect  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Lodge. 

Lodge  closed  till  called  by  the  Master. 


1779.]  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  33 

Kobinson's,  Aug.  7,  1779. 
Special  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge,  opened  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 
Capt.  Samuel  Craig,  Capt.  Wm.  Wilson,  Lieut.  John  Hughs, 
and  Lieut.  James  Buxton,  heretofore  proposed,  were  balloted 
for  and  accepted.  Also,  Col.  Gamaliel  Bradford,  Doct.  Elisha 
Skinner,  and  Doct.  Samuel  Tinley,  of  the  Massachusetts  Line, 
though  not  heretofore  proposed,  being  highly  recommended  by 
those  well  acquainted  with  them,  were  balloted  for  and  accepted. 
Craig,  Wilson,  Hughs,  Buxton,  Skinner  and  Bradford,  were 
made  Entered  Apprentices. 
Keceipts  of  the  evening,  viz  : 

Six  makings, £32     8     0 

Three  deposits, 10  16     0 

Overplus  in  change,   3  14     6 

£46  18     6 

Aug.  20. — ^Lieuts.  Sherman,  Barker,  Curtis  and  Russell,  and 
Dr.  John  Grraham,  were  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  made  En- 
tered Apprentices.  Brs.  Smith,  Hosmer,  John  Hubbard,  and 
Lacey,  were  proposed  for  membership  and  admitted.  Brs.  Par- 
sons, Boyles,  Whiting,  Williams,  Craig,  Wilson  and  Hughs, 
were  proposed  to  be  made  Fellow  Crafts,  and  on  being  balloted 
for  and  accepted,  they  were  accordingly  passed, 

Capt.  McClayton,  Lieuts,  Bush,  Harmon,  Spear  and  McMur- 
ray,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line,  were  proposed  by  Bro,  Moore  to 
be  made  Masons.  Mr.  Asa  Worthington  was  also  jDroposed  by 
Bro.  Little. 

Aug,  26. — Brs.  Skinner  and  Putnam,  who  were  made  in  this 
Lodge,  and  Brs.  Fernol  and  Sewell,  who  were  made  Entered 
Apprentices  in  a  different  Lodge,  being  well  recommended,  were 
proposed,  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  passed  Fellow  Crafts. 

Aug.  28. — Dr.  Finley,  of  the  Massachusetts  Line,  and  Dr. 
Graham,  of  the  Connecticut  Line,  heretofore  balloted  for  and 
accepted,  were  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

Capt.  Henrj'  TenEyck,  Lieut.  Peleg  Heath,  Mr.  Asa  Wor- 
thington and  Capt.  Stephen  Betts,  all  of  the  Connecticut  Line, 

5 


34  AMEKICAN  UNION  LODGE.  [Sept. 

and  Col.  John  Brooks,  of  the  Massachnsetts  Line,  heretofore 

proposed,  but  not  entered,  were  separately  balloted  for,  accepted, 

and  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

Lieuts.  Moses  Cleaveland,  Edward  Palmer,  Sylvanus  Perry. 

and  Elijah  Kansom,  were  proposed  to  be  made  Masons, 
Receipts  of  the  Evening,  viz  :  . 

Seven  makings, £37  16     0 

Two  deposits,  for  Betts  and  Brooks, 7     4     0 

Four  deposits,  for  other  candidates, 14     S     0 

A  present  from  Bro.  Worthington,    15     0     0 

Do.  from  Bro.  Brooks,  in  change,     12     6 

T)  ler's  fees  for  seven  made  Masons, 6     6     0 

From  Brs.  Skinner  and  Putnam,       116     0 

Overplus  in  making  change,  1     4     0 

£84     6     6 
Paid  the  Tyler,      5     8     0 

Balance  to  Treasurer,  .  .£78  18     6 
Closed  till  called  by  the  W.  Master. 

Robinson  House,  (N.  Y.)  Sept.  7th,  1779. 

Lodge  opened  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.  Brs.  Boyles,  Williams, 
Whiting  and  Wilson,  were  proposed,  balloted  for,  accepted,  and 
raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Bro.  Elijah  Chapman,  made  at  Fairfield,  was  proposed  to  be- 
come a  member  of  this  Lodge,  and  accepted. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Lodge  be  presented  to  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Hitchcock,  for  the  polite  address  delivered  by  him  to 
this  body,  on  the  24th  of  June  last,  and  that  Bro.  Grosvenor 
acquaint  him  with  the  reason  why  they  have  been  so  long  omit- 
ted ;  also,  that  our  thanks  be  presented  to  Bro.  Hull,  for  his 
address  at  the  same  time. 

Sept.  9. — Brs.  Putnam,  Craig  and  Hughs,  were  severally  ac- 
cepted and  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason. 

Resolved,  That  the  moneys  remaining  in  the  Treasury  of 
this  Lodge  on  the  1st  day  of  November  next,  shall  be  invested 
in  Tickets  of  the  Third  Class  of  the  United  States  Lottery,  the 


1779.]  AMEllICAN  UNION  LODGE.  35 

avails  of  which  shall  remain  in  the  treasury,  to  be  appropriated 
to  the  relief  of  the  poor  of  the  Fraternity,  or  as  the  brethren 
shall  agree. 

Sept.  16. — Special  Masters'  Lodge,  at  9  o'clock,  A.  M.  Brs. 
Skinner,  Fernol  and  Sewell,  heretofore  proposed  to  be  raised, 
were  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of 
Master  Mason. 

Two  o'clock,  P.  M.,  Apprentices'  Lodge  opened,  John  Bush 
and  Edward  Spear,  of  the  6th  and  7th  Pennsylvania  Kegiments, 
and  Moses  Cleaveland  and  Edward  Palmer,  of  the  1st  and  2d 
Connecticut  Eegiments,  heretofore  proposed,  were  severally  bal- 
loted for,  accepted,  and  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

Major  David  Smith,  of  the  8th  Connecticut  Eegiment,  and 
Dr.  Jedediah  Ainsworth,  Surgeon's  Mate  to  the  same,  were  pro- 
posed by  Bro.  Sill  ;  Col.  Francis  Johnson,  of  the  5th  Pennsyl- 
vania Eegiment,  was  proposed  by  Bro.  Moore  ;  Capt  Elisha 
Ely,  of  the  6th  Connecticut  Eegiment,  was  proposed  by  Bro. 
Hosmer  ;  Lieut.  Levi  Dodge,  of  the  5th  Massachusetts  Eegi- 
ment, was  proposed  by  Bro.  Skinner ;  Capt.  Edward  Eells,  of 
the  3d  Connecticut  Eegiment,  was  proposed  by  Bro.  Judd  ;  and 
Capt.  Isaac  Stutson,  of  Col.  Putnam's  Corps  of  Light  Infantry, 
was  proposed  by  Bro.  Champion, — all  to  be  made  Masons. 

Bro.  Pierce,  Dep.  P.  M.  General,  was  proposed  for  member- 
ship, duly  recommended,  balloted  for  and  admitted. 

Sept.  25. — Lodge  held,  by  particular  application,  at  Moore's 
Quarters,  on  West  Point.  W.  Master  in  the  chair,  and  a  large 
number  of  visiting  brethren  j)resent.  No  particular  business 
being  proposed,  a  lecture  was  given  by  the  W.  Master.  Tyler's 
fees  4s.  6d.     Expense  paid  by  the  brethren. 

Oct.  11. — Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  opened  at  2  o'clock,  at 
Eobinson's  House.  Colonel  Francis  Johnson  and  Major  David 
Smith  were  balloted  for,  accepted  and  made  Entered  Appren- 
tices. Capt.  McClayton,  and  Lieuts.  Harmon,  and  McMurray, 
heretofore  proposed,  were  withdrawn  from  the  minutes  by  Bro. 
Moore.  Dr.  Ainsworth  was  balloted  for,  and  his  deposit  order- 
ed to  be  refunded     Lodjre  closed  without  date. 


36  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE,  [DeC, 

[In  confequence  of  the  movements  of  the  Army,  the 
operations  of  the  Lodge  were  neceffarily  fufpended  for  a 
fliort  time,  and  no  further  bufinefs  appears  on  the  Minute- 
Book,  until  the  Army  had  gone  into  Winter  Quarters  in 
New  Jersey.] 

Morristown,  (N.  J.)  Dec.  15,  1779. 
At  an  Entered  Api^rentices'  meeting,  held  at  Colonel  Gray's 
Quarters,  for  the  election  of  officers  for  the  American  Union 
Lodge,  for  the  ensuing  half  year,  present — Brs.  Heart,  W.  M. ; 
Wyllys,  S.  W.  ;  Grosvenor,  J.  W.  ;  Eichards,  Tr.  ;  Watrous, 
Sec.  ;  Smith,  Judd,  Curtis,  Stilwill,  Warner,  members. 

Lodge  opened  and  proceeded  upon  the  business  of  the  day, 
when  the  following  brethren  were  unanimously  chosen  to  serve 
in  their  respective  offices  for  the  next  half  year  ensuing  : 
Jonathan  Heart,  Worshipful  Master  ; 
Eichard  Sill,  Senior  Warden  ; 
Eobert  Warner,  Junior  Warden  ; 
William  Eichards,  Treasurer  ; 
John  B.  Watrous,  Secretary  ; 
Thoms  Grosvenor,  Senior  Deacon  ; 
Henry  Champion,  Junior  Deacon  ; 
Lorain  and  Binns,  Tylers. 
Voted,  That  Bro.  Heart  be  a  committee  from  the  different 
Lines  in  the  Army  at  Morristown,  to  take  into  consideration 
some  matters  respecting  the  good  of  Masonry. 

Lodge  closed  until  called  by  order  of  the  W.  Master. 

Morristown,  Dec.  27,  1779. 

An  Entered  Apprentices'  Lodge  was  held  this  day,  for  the 
Celebration  of  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist. 

Officers  present — Brs.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Sill,  S.  W.  ;  Warner, 
J.  W.  ;  Eichards,  Treas.  ;  Watrous,  Sec'y  ;  Grosvenor,  S.  D. ; 
Little,  J.  D.  ;  Lorain  and  Binns,  Tylers. 

Members  present — Brs.  Stilwill,  Higgins,  Worthington,  Curtis,  Barker,  Gray, 
Sherman,  Craig,  Wilson,  Bush,  Judd,  Heath,  S.  Richards,  S.  Wyllys,  Parsons, 
Huntington,  Smith,  Judson,  Clark,  Hosmer,  J.  Wyllys,  Fitch,  Pierce,  Sargent, 
Graham,  Fitch,  Whiting, 


1779.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  37 

Visitors  present — Brs.  WASHINGTON,  Gibbs,  Kinnej-,  Van  Renssalaer,  Jack- 
son, Bruff,  Coleman,  Craig,  Baldwin,  Durfee,  Shaw,  Hunter,  Lawrence,  Church, 
Gist,  Butler,  Campbell,  Maclure,  Savage,  Schuyler,  Lewis,  Livingston,  TenEyck, 
Sherburn,  McCarter,  Conine,  Somers,  Bevins,  Bleaker,  Maxwell,  Dayton,  Camp- 
field,  Arnold,  Armstrong,  Mentzer,  Stagg,  Smith,  Sanford,  Williams,  Rogers, 
Hughes,  Brewin,  Woodward,  Brooks,  Thompson,  Hervey,  Machin,  Piatt,  Gray, 
VanZandt,  Edwards,  Fox,  Erskine,  Guion,  Spear,  Ellsworth,  Hunt,  Reacum,  Con- 
ner, White,  Proctor,  Wetmore,  Hamilton,  Hanmer,  Walden,  Hubbard,  Grunman, 
Peckham. 

The  Lodge  was  opened,  and  after  the  usual  ceremonies  had 
been  performed,  the  brethren  formed  a  procession  in  the  follow- 
ing order  : 

1.  Bro.  Binns,  to  clear  the  way. 

2.  The  Band  of  Music. 

3.  Bro.  Loraine,  with  a  Drawn  Sword. 

4.  The  Deacons,  with  their  Kods. 

5.  The  Brethren,  by  Juniority. 

6.  The  Passed  Masters. 

7.  The  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

8.  The  Wardens,  with  their  Wands. 

9.  The  Worshipful  Master. 

The  brethren  then  proceeded  to  the  Meeting-House,  where  a 
very  polite  discourse,  adapted  to  the  occasion,  was  delivered  by 
the  Kev.  Doct.  Baldwin,  of  the  Connecticut  Line.  After  ser- 
vice the  brethren  returned  by  the  same  order  to  the  Lodge  room, 
where  a  collation  was  served,  &c.  &c.  ;  which  being  over,  the 
following  business  was  transacted  : 

Voted  unanimously,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Lodge  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Kev.  Dr.  Baldwin,  for  the  polite  address  delivered 
by  him  this  day  in  public. 

Voted  unanimously,  That  the  Secretary  wait  on  the  Kev.  Dr. 
Baldwin,  with  a  copy  of  the  minutes,  and  a  request  that  he 
will  favor  the  Lodge  with  a  copy  of  the  address,  and  permission 
to  have  it  published. 

A  petition  was  read,  representing  the  present  state  of  Free- 
Masomy  to  the  several  Deputy  Grand  Masters  in  the  United 
States  of  America,  desiring  them  to  adopt  some  measures  for 
appointing  a  Grand  Master  over  said  States,  of  which  the  fol- 
lowing is  a  copy  : 


38  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  [Jan. 

To  the  Most  Worshipful,  the  present  Provincial  Grand  Masters  in  each  of  the 
respective  United  States  of  America: 
The  petitioners,  Ancient,  Free  and  Accei)ted  Masons  in  the  several  Lines  of  the 
Army  of  these  United  States,  assembled  on  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Evange- 
list at  Morristown,  Dec.  27th,  1779,  to  you,  as  the  patrons  and  safeguard  of  the 
Craft  in  America,  beg  leave  to  prefer  their  humble  address. 

With  sincere  regret  we  contemplate  the  misfortunes  of  War  which  have  un- 
happily separated  us  from  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Europe,  and  deprived  us  from  the 
benefits  arising  therefrom,  so  essentially  necessary  for  the  well-being  of  Masonry, 
and  which  has  in  many  instances  been  subversive  of  the  very  institution  of  the 
Order.  At  the  same  time  we  lament  that  political  disputes  and  national  quarrels 
should  influence  the  exercise  of  charity  and  benevolence,  and  their  several  vir- 
tues, so  necessary  for  our  present  and  future  happiness.  Yet,  considering  the 
present  situation  of  our  Lodges,  and  Masonry  in  general,  the  necessity  for  the 
honor  of  the  Craft,  and  the  importance  of  enjoying  the  benefits  of  so  valuable  an 
institution,  that  some  exertions  are  made  for  checking  the  present  irregularities, 
restoring  peace  and  harmony  to  the  Lodges,  for  opening  a  way  to  the  enjoyment 
of  the  fruits  of  benevolence,  charity  and  brotherly  love,  and  for  the  re-establish- 
ment of  the  Order  on  the  ancient  respectable  foundation ;  which  we  conceive  can 
never  be  done  more  effectually  than  by  the  appointment  of  a  Grand  Master  in  and 
over  the  United  States  o-f  America. 

AVe  therefore  most  earnestly  request  that  the  present  Provincial  Grand  Master, 
in  the  respective  said  United  States  would  take  some  measures  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  Grand  Master  in  and  over  the  said  Thirteen  United  States  of  America, 
either  by  nominating  a  person  proper  for  that  office,  whose  abilities  and  rank  in 
life  shall  answer  the  importance  of  that  conspicuous  and  elevated  station,  and 
transmitting  such  nomination  to  our  Mother  Lodge  in  Britain,  that  the  appoint- 
ment may  be  made,  or  in  such  other  manner  as  shall  to  them  appear  most  eligi- 
ble. And  we  further  beg  leave  to  express  our  wishes,  that  the  several  Provincial 
Grand  Masters  in  these  States  would,  in  the  intermediate  time,  enter  into  unani- 
mous and  vigorous  measures  for  checking  the  growing  irregularities  in  the  So- 
ciety, cementing  the  diflTerent  branches,  erasing  the  distinction  between  ancient 
and  modern  in  these  States,  that  the  Craft  may  be  established  in  unanimity,  the 
established  principles  of  its  institutions  more  universally  extended,  and  that  our 
conduct  may  not  only  be  the  admiration  of  men  in  this  world,  but  receive  the 
final  applause  of  the  Grand  Architect  of  the  universe  in  the  other,  where  there  is 
nothing  but  light  and  love. 

Voted,  That  the  foregoing  petition  be  circulated  through  the  different  Lines  in 
the  Army. 

Voted,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  from  the  different  Lodges  in  the  Army, 
from  each  Line,  and  from  the  Staff  of  the  Army  to  convene  on  the  first  Monday 
of  February  next,  at  Morristown,  to  take  the  foregoing  petition  into  considera- 
tion. 

Voted,  That  when  the  dividend  of  the  expense  of  this  day  shall  be  paid,  each 
brother  will  put  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer  or  Secretary  what  he  shall  see  fit, 
for  the  use  of  the  poor  of  this  town. 

Voted,  That  the  money  so  collected  be  transmitted  to  Bro.  Kinney,  to  appro- 


1780.]  AMEEICAN    UNION    LODGE.  39 

priate  to  the  necessities,  first  of  the  widows  and  orphans  of  Masons,  next  to  sol- 
diers' wives  and  children  in  distressed  circumstances,  if  any  shall  remain  he  will 
apply  it  to  those  poor  persons  in  this  town  whom  he  shall  judge  stand  most  in 
need  thereof. 

Lodge  closed  till  called  together  by  the  Master's  order. 

Pkitton's,  near  Morristown,  Jan.  31,  1780, 

Entered  Apprentice  Lodge,  5  o'clock,  P.  M.  Present — Brs. 
Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Sill,  S.  W.  ;  Warner,  J.  W.  ;  Richards,  Treas- 
urer ;  Grosvenor,  Secretary  ;  Barker,  Tyler.  Members — Brs. 
Hosmer,  Judson,  Clark,  Chapman,  Palmer.  Visitor — Br.  Cole- 
man. 

Lodge  opened,  when  the  petition  was  read  and  proposed  to 
the  consideration  of  the  Lodge,  agreeable  to  a  resolve  passed  in 
Lodge  on  the  27th  of  December  last,  and  the  matters  thereof 
unanimously  approved.  Bro.  Heart  was  appointed  a  represen- 
tative of  this  Lodge  and  the  Connecticut  Line,  to  meet  a  com- 
mittee from  the  several  Lodges  in  the  Army  at  Morristown  on 
Monday  next,  the  7th  of  February,  for  the  purpose  of  adopting 
some  measures  for  executing  the  design  and  purpose  of  the 
petition. 

Dr.  Ainsworth,  of  the  Eighth  Connecticut  Regiment,  hereto- 
fore proposed,  balloted  for  and  refused,  is  proposed  again  by 
Bro.  Sill  ;  Bro.  Noah  Coleman,  proposed  to  become  a  member 
and  accepted.     One  made  member. 

Expenses  paid.  Lodge  closed  without  date. 

At  a  Convention  Lodge  from  the  different  Lines  of  the  Army 
and  departments,  held  in  due  form,  under  the  authority  of  the 
American  Union  Lodge,  at  Morristown,  the  6th  day  of  March, 
in  the  year  of  Salvation  1780. 

Officers  present— Bro.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Little,  S.  W.  ;  Clark, 
J.  W.  ;  Williams,  Treasurer  ;  Pierce,  Secretary  ;  Coleman,  S. 
D.  ;  Boyles,  J.  D. 

Brothers  present — Procter,  Lawrence,  Kinney,  Anderson,  Sanford,  Church, 
Gray,  Wilson,  Craig,  Eogers,  Hanmer,  Thayer,  Hugoe,  Skillington,  Pratt,  Little, 
Magee,  Bleacher,  Sythe,  Post,  Grigg,  Vernon,  Bowers,  Tudor,  Carter,  Lewis, 
Guion,  Conolly,  Pettin,  Ray,  Graham,  Hamilton,  BrufF,  Davidson,  Cunningham, 
Beaty,  Piat,  Campbel,  Hervey,  Muso. 


40  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  [March, 

Lodge  opened,  the  Secretary  by  order  read  the  proceedings  of 
a  committee  appointed  by  this  Lodge  at  the  Anniversary  of 
St.  John  the  Evangelist,  held  at  Morristown,  the  27th  of  De- 
cember, 1779,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy  : 

At  a  Committee  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  met  this  7th  day  of  the 
second  month  in  the  year  of  Salvation  1780,  according  to  the  recommendation  of 
a  Convention  Lodge,  held  at  the  Celebration  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist : 

Present — Bro.  John  Pierce,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the  Masons  in  the 
Military  Line  of  the  State  of  Massachusets  Bay  and  Washington  Lodge,  No.  10 ; 
Bro.  Jonathan  Heart,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the  Masons  in  the  Military 
Line  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  and  American  Union  Lodge  ;  Bro.  Charles  Gra- 
ham, F.  C,  delegated  to  represent  the  Masons  in  the  Military  Line  of  the  State 
of  New  York ;  Bro.  John  Sanford,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the  Masons  in 
the  Military  Line  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey ;  Bro.  George  Tudor,  M.  M.,  dele- 
gated to  represent  the  Masons  in  the  Military  Line  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania  ; 
Bro.  Otho  Holland  Williams,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the  Masons  in  the 
Military  Line  of  the  State  of  Delaware ;  Bro.  Mordica  Gist,  P.  W.  M.,  delegated 
to  represent  the  Masons  in  the  Military  Line  of  the  State  of  Maryland ;  Bro. 
Prentice  Brown,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  St.  John's  Regimental  Lodge; 
Bro.  John  Lawrence,  P.  W.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the  brothers  in  the  Staif 
of  the  American  Army ;  Bro.  Thomas  Machin,  M.  M.,  delegated  to  represent  the 
Masons  in  the  Corps  of  Artillery. 

The  brothers  present  proceeded  to  elect  a  President  and  Secretary,  whereupon 
Bro.  Mordica  Gist  was  unanimously  chosen  President,  and  Bro.  Otho  Holland 
Williams  unanimously  chosen  Secretary  of  this  Committee. 

The  Committee  proceeded  to  take  into  consideration  an  address  to  be  preferred 
to  the  Right  Worshipful  Grand  Masters  in  the  respective  United  States,  where- 
upon Bro.  Williams  presented  the  following  address : 

TO  THE  RIGHT  WORSHIPFUL 
The  Grand  Masters  of  the  several  Lodges  in  the  respective  United  States  of 

America. 

UNION.  FORCE.  LOVE. 

The  subscribers,  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  Convention,  to  you,  as 
the  patrons  and  protectors  of  the  Craft  upon  the  Continent,  prefer  their  humble 
address. 

Unhappily  the  distinctions  of  interest,  the  political  views  and  national  disputes 
subsisting  between  Great  Britain  and  these  United  States  have  involved  us,  not 
only  in  the  general  calamities  that  disturb  the  tranquility  which  used  to  prevail 
in  this  once  happy  country,  but  in  a  peculiar  manner  affects  our  Society,  by  sep- 
arating us  from  the  Grand  Mother  Lodge  in  Europe,  by  disturbing  our  connection 
with  each  other,  impeding  the  progress  and  preventing  the  perfection  of  Masonry 
in  America. 

We  deplore  the  miseries  of  our  country-men,  and  particularly  lament  the  dis- 
tresses which  many  of  our  poor  brethren  must  suffer,  as  well  from  the  want  of 


1780.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  41 

temporal  relief  as  for  want  of  a  sourag  of  Ugld  to  govern  their  pursuits  and  illu- 
minate the  path  of  happiness.  And  we  ardently  desire  to  restore,  if  possible, 
that  fountain  of  charity,  from  which  to  the  unspeakable  benefit  of  mankind  flows 
benevolence  and  love.  Considering  with  anxiety  these  disputes,  and  the  many 
irregularities  and  improprieties  committed  by  weak  or  wicked  brethren,  which 
too  manifestly  show  the  present  dissipated  and  almost  abandoned  condition  of 
our  Lodges  in  general,  as  well  as  the  relaxation  of  virtue  amongst  individuals. 

We  think  it  our  duty,  Right  Worshipful  Brothers  and  Seniors  in  the  Craft,  to 
solicit  your  immediate  interposition  to  save  us  from  the  impending  dangers  of 
schisms  and  apostacy.  To  obtain  security  from  those  fatal  evils,  with  affectionate 
humility,  we  beg  leave  to  recommend  the  adopting  and  pursuing  the  most  neces- 
sary measures  for  establishing  one  Grand  Lodge  in  America,  to  preside  over  and 
govern  all  other  Lodges  of  whatsoever  degree  or  denomination,  licensed  or  to  be 
licensed,  upon  the  Continent ;  that  the  ancient  principles  and  discipline  of  Ma- 
sonry being  restored,  we  may  mutually  and  universally  enjoy  the  advantages 
arising  from  frequent  communion  and  social  intercourse.  To  accomplish  this 
beneficial  and  essential  work,  permit  us  to  propose  that  you  the  Right  Worshipful 
Grand  Masters,  or  a  majority  of  your  number,  may  nominate  as  Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Master  of  said  Lodge,  a  brother  whose  merit  and  capacity  may  be  adequate 
to  a  station  so  important  and  elevated,  and  transmitting  the  name  and  nomina- 
tion of  such  brother,  together  with  the  name  of  the  Lodge  to  be  established,  to 
our  Grand  Mother  Lodge  in  Europe  for  approbation  and  confirmation,  and  that 
you  may  adopt  and  execute  any  other  ways  or  means  most  eligible  for  preventing 
impositions,  correcting  abuses,  and  for  establishing  the  general  principles  of  Ma- 
sonry ;  that  the  influence  of  the  same  in  propagating  morality  and  virtue  may  be 
far  extended,  and  that  the  lives  and  conversation  of  all  true  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons  may  not  only  be  the  admiration  of  men  on  earth,  but  may  receive  the  final 
approbation  of  the  Grand  Architect  of  the  Universe,  in  the  world  wherein  the 
elect  enjoy  eternal  light  and  love. 

Signed  in  Convention  in  Morristown,  Morris  County,  this  seventh  day  of  the 
second  month  in  the  year  of  our  Saviour  1780,  Anno  Mundi  5780.  Which  being 
read,  was  unanimously  agreed  to  sign,  and  ordered  to  be  forwarded  with  an  extra 
copy  of  their  proceedings,  signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary,  to  the  respec- 
tive Provincial  Grand  Masters.     And  the  Committee  adjourned  without  day. 

After  which,  the  question  was  proposed,  whether  the  foregoing 
proceedings  meet  with  the  approbation  of  this  Lodge  ?  And 
after  debate,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  in  the  affirmative. 
An  Entered  Apprentice  Lecture  was  given  by  the  Master  to  the 
brethren  present. 

Agreed  to  hold  a  Masters'  Lodge  the  27th  inst.,  at  this  place, 
at  3  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Voted,  That  the  sum  of  eight  dollars  shall  be  paid  by  each 
brother  to  defray  the  expenses  of  this  evening,  if  any  part  of 
which  shall  remain,  voted,  that  the  same  be  delivered  to  Bro. 

6 


42  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  [July, 

Kinney,  to  be  appropriated  in  the  same  manner  as  that  which 
was  put  into  his  hands  on  the  meeting  of  St.  John's  Day. 
Lodge  closed  in  due  time. 

Morristown,  (N.  J.)  March  27,  1780. 

At  a  Masters'  Lodge,  held  at  the  Assembly  Koom,  by  the 
special  order  of  the  W.  M.  ;  Brs.  Worthington  and  Barker, 
being  Fellow  Crafts,  petitioned  to  be  raised  to  the  sublime  de- 
gree of  a  Master  Mason,  and  being  examined  in  open  Lodge,  by 
the  W,  Master,  and  having  given  satisfactory  evidence  of  their 
proficiency,  they  were  raised  accordingly. 

Lodge  closed  without  day. 

[The  movements  of  the  Army  again  impeded  the  ope- 
rations of  the  Craft,  and  at  the  next  entry  on  the  Minute- 
Book  we  find  the  Lodge  at  work,  in  mid-fummer,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Hudson.] 

At  an  Entered  Apprentice's  Lodge,  held  at  Kobinson's  House, 
(N.  Y.)  July  20th,  1780,  present— Brs.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Beld- 
ing,  S.  W.  ;  Judson,  J.  W.  ;  Kichards,  Treas.  ;  Judd,  Secr'y  ; 
Coleman,  S.  D.  ;  Simpson,  J.  D.  ;  Whitney,  Tyler — members, 
Wright,  Chapman,  Barker,  Curtis,  Hobart — visitors,  Tripp, 
Hart. 

On  the  evening  next  before  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Bap- 
tist, the  situation  of  the  Army  being  such  that  it  was  impossi- 
ble to  convene  the  Lodge  for  the  choice  of  officers,  and  this  be- 
ing the  first  convenient  opportunity  since,  the  Lodge  now  pro- 
ceeded to  that  business,  and  elected  the  following  brethren,  to 
serve  the  current  half  year  : 

Jonathan  Heart,  Worshipful  Master  ; 

Richard  Sill,  Senior  Warden  ; 

William  Little,  Junior  Warden  ; 

Simeon  Belding,  Treasurer  ; 

John  Simpson,  Secretary  ; 

Thomas  Grosvenor,  Senior  Deacon  ; 

Noah  Coleman,  Junior  Deacon. 


1782.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  43 

Bro.  Grosvenor,  with  the  W.  Master  and  the  late  and  pres- 
ent Treasurers,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust 
the  accounts  of  the  Lodge,  and  make  report. 

Closed  until  called  by  the  W.  Master's  direction. 

•  Eobinson's,  July  25,  1780. 
At  a  Fellow  Crafts'  Lodge,  held  by  order  of  the  W.  Master, 
present,  the  officers  and  sundry  brethren — Brs.  Russel,  Curtis 
and  Smith,  now  Entered  Apprentices,  proposed  to  be  made  Fel- 
low Crafts,  balloted  for,  accepted  and  passed.  Bro.  John  Hart, 
jjroposed  for  membership  and  vouched  for  by  Bro.  Belding,  was 
balloted  for  and  admitted. 

July  29.' — At  a  Masters'  Lodge,  held  at  the  Robinson  House, 
by  order  of  the  W.  Master — Brs.  Parsons,  Russel,  Curtis  and 
Smith,  having  been  separately  balloted  for  and  accepted,  were 
raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason.  Bro.  Pomeroy, 
now  a  Fellow  Craft,  was  proposed  by  the  W.  Master  for  raising, 
and  was  balloted  for  and  accepted.  A  vote  was  passed  that 
Bro.  Pomeroy  be  raised  when  a  convenient  opportunity  will 
permit.  Doct.  Skinner  of  the  8th,  and  Doct.  Mather  of  the 
7th  Connecticut  Regiment,  were  proposed  by  Bro.  Coleman  to 
be  made  Masons,  and  ordei-ed  to  stand  on  the  minutes. 

Closed  until  called  by  order  of  the  W.  M. 

[The  Minute-Book  furnifhes  no  further  workings  of  the 
Lodge,  until  the  Spring  of  1782  ;  we  therefore  conclude 
that  the  Army  muft  have  been  occupied  in  fuch  a  manner, 
during  the  intervening  time,  that  the  Craft  had  no  oppor- 
tunities to  affemble.] 

American  Union  Lodge,  March  25,  1782. 
At  an  Entered  Apprentices'  Lodge,  held  by  order  of  the  W. 
Master,  at  the  "  Connecticut  Huts,"  present — Brs.  Jona  Heart, 
W.  M.  ;  Richards,  S.  W.  ;  Judson,  J.  W.  ;  Simpson,  Secr'y  ; 
members — Sherman,  Huntington,  Gray,  Smith,  Pride,  Higgins, 
Watrous,  Chapman,  Curtis,  Stilwill,  Grosvenor,  Russell  ;  visit- 
ors— Hodo;e,  Gorham. 


44  AMERICAN    UNION    LODGE.  [May, 

The  movements  of  the  Army  having  rendered  it  inconvenient 
to  choose  officers  at  the  usual  time,  the  Lodge  proceeded  this 
evening  to  the  election  of  officers  by  ballot,  when  the  following 
brethren  were  chosen  : 

Jonathan  Heart,  Worshipful  Master  ; 

Kobert  Warner,  Senior  Warden  ; 

David  Judson,  Junior  Warden  ; 

William  Richards,  Treasurer  ; 

Eben  Gray,  Senior  Deacon  ; 

John  Smith,  Junior  Deacon. 
A  revisal  of  the  by-laws  was  proposed  for  next  Lodge  night. 
Closed  until  April  1st,  then  to  meet  at  this  place. 

April  1st.— Lodge  opened  ;  by-laws  read  and  amended  ;  ad- 
journed to  Thursday,  the  4th  inst. 

April  4. — Lodge  opened  by  adjournment  at  the  Connecticut 
Huts.  Lieut.  Eobert  Allyn,  of  the  5th  C  onnecticut  Regiment, 
having  been  proposed  in  the  year  1779,  was  balloted  for,  ac- 
cepted, and  made  an  Entered  Apprentice. 

April  18. — Doct.  Elisha  Skinner,  who  had  stood  on  the  min- 
utes, was  balloted  for  and  accepted,  and  made  an  Entered  Ap- 
prentice. Lieuts.  Tiffany  and  Aveiy  of  the  5th,  and  Loomis  of 
the  7th  Connecticut  Regiment,  were  proposed  for  making,  and 
ordered  to  stand  on  the  minutes. 

April  25. — At  a  Fellow  Crafts'  Lodge,  held  at  the  Connecti- 
cut Huts,  Brs.  Robert  Allyn  and  Elisha  Skinner,  agreeable  to 
their  own  request,  were  balloted  for  and  passed  to  the  degree  of 
Fellow  Craft  in  due  form. 

May  2. — Lieuts.  Isaiah  Tiffany,  Simeon  Avery,  and  Libbeus 
Loomis,  heretofore  proposed,  were  separately  balloted  for,  ac- 
cepted, and  made  Entered  Apprentices. 

May  9. — At  an  Entered  Apprentice's  Lodge,  held  at  the  Con- 
necticut Huts,  Lieuts.  Charles  Fanning  of  the  1st,  and  Joshua 
Whitney  of  the  5th  Connecticut  Regiment,  were  proposed  to 
be  made  Masons,  and  ordered  to  stand  on  the  minutes. 


1782.]  AMERICAN   UNION   LODGE.  45 

May  16. — Brs.  Loomis  and  Avery  were  balloted  for,  accepted 
and  made  Fellow  Crafts. 

May  23. — Doct.  Jedediah.  Ensworth,  of  tlie  5tli  Connecticut 
Eegiment,  some  time  since  proposed  in  this  Lodge,  but  for  par- 
ticular reasons  was  objected  against,  the  objecting  brother  hav- 
ing since  given  his  approbation  for  his  being  initiated,  he  was 
again  proposed,  balloted  for,  accepted  and  made  an  Entered  Ap- 
prentice. Capt.  David  Strong,  of  the  2d  Connecticut  Eegi- 
ment, was  proposed  to  be  made  a  Mason  by  Bro.  Chapman. 

May  30. — Brs.  Tiffany  and  Ensworth,  made  in  this  Lodge, 
and  Bro.  Hodge,  made  at  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  were  pro- 
posed balloted  for,  and  made  Fellow  Crafts. 

June  5 — At  a  Masters'  Lodge  held  at  the  Assembly  Eoom 
in  the  Connecticut  Line,  Brs.  Skinner,  Loomis,  Avery,  Tiffany, 
Ensworth  and  Hodge,  now  Fellow  Crafts,  proposed  to  be  made 
Masters  in  this  Lodge,  balloted  for,  accepted  and  raised. 

Proposed,  that  at  the  next  Lodge  night  the  Lodge  should 
choose  officers  to  serve  the  ensuing  half  year,  agreeable  to  the 
Constitution. 

June  20 — At  an  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  held  at  the  Con- 
necticut Huts  by  order  of  the  Master,  present — Brs.  Heart,  W. 
M.  ;  Warner,  S.  W.  ;  Judson,  J.  W.  ;  Eichards,  Treasurer  ; 
Simpson,  Secretary.  Members — Brs.  Clift,  Avery,  Loomis, 
Ensworth,  Skinner,  Curtis,  Barker,  TijSfany,  Eussell,  Chapman. 

Lodge  opened.  It  being  the  usual  time  to  choose  officers  to 
serve  in  Lodge  for  the  ensuing  half  year,  the  Lodge  j)roceeded  to 
the  election  of  officers  to  serve  the  term  above  mentioned  : 

Bro.  Heart  was  chosen  Master  ;  Bro.  Warner,  Sen.  Warden  ; 
Bro.  Judson,  Jun.  Warden  ;  Eichards,  Treasurer  ;  Simpson, 
Secretary  ;  Watrous,  S.  D.  ;  Higgins,  J.  D. 

Ordered,  that  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary  settle  the  accounts 
of  the  last  quarter  as  soon  as  convenient  after  the  Festival  of 
St.  John. 

Voted,  That  this  Lodge  meet  and  celebrate  the  Festival  of  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  in  conjunction  with  Washington  Lodge,  No. 
10,  at  West  Point,  on  Monday  next. 


46  AMEKicAN  UNION  LODGE.  [June, 

June  24th,  1782. 

At  an  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  held  by  adjournment  at  the 
Assembly  Room  of  the  Connecticut  Line^  for  the  celebration 
of  the  Festival  of  St,  John  the  Baptist — present,  as  officers, — 
Bro.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Warner,  S.  W.  ;  Judson,  J.  W.  ;  Eich- 
ards,  Treasurer  ;  Simjison,  Secretary  ;  Watrous,  S.  D.  ;  Hig- 
gins,  J.  D.  ;  Hodge,  Tyler.  Members — Munson,  Avery,  Chap- 
man, Russel,  Loomis,  Skinner,  Ensworth,  Tiifany,  Hosmer, 
Curtis.  Visitors — DeForest,  Foot,  Glenny,  Seymour,  Peck- 
ham,  Hubbard,  Greenman. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  and  jjroceeded  to  West  Point,  where 
they  joined  Washington  Lodge,  and  commenced  the  procession 
from  Gen.  Patterson's  house  to  the  Collonade,  each  Lodge  sepa- 
rate, where  a  dinner  was  provided,  and  an  oration  delivered  by 
Bro.  John  Brooks,  of  the  Massachusetts  Line. 

After  dinner,  the  Lodges  having  drank  a  number  of  toasts, 
the  procession  returned  to  Gen.  Patterson's  ;  the  American 
Union  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  ball-room  in  the  Connecti- 
cut Line,  and  closed  in  good  time,  to  stand  closed  until  Thurs- 
day, the  27th  inst. 

June  27. — Lodge  was  opened  and  the  following  vote  passed  : 
That  Washington  Lodge  be  requested  to  acquaint  Worshipful 
Bro.  Brooks,  that  this  body  wish  him  to  accept  our  veiy  partic- 
lar  thanks  for  the  polite  and  truly  Masonic  address  with  which 
he  was  pleased  to  honor  the  brethren,  at  the  late  festival  of  St. 
John  the  Bastist. 

Closed  until  Thusday  the  4th  of  July,  at  3  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at 
the  Assembly  Room. 

[Bulinefs  of  the  Officers  of  the  Line  prevented  the  ap- 
pointed meeting  of  the  Craft:  on  the  4th  of  July ;  and  at 
the  two  following  meetings,  to  wit,  on  the  18th  and  25th  of 
July,  the  attendance  appears  to  have  been  fo  fmall  that  no 
buliness  was  tranfaded  except  "  lecturing  on  the  two  firft 
fteps  in  Mafonry."  Nothing  further  appears  on  the  Minute- 
Book,  until  the  2d  of  Odober.] 


1783.]  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  47 

Verplank's  Point,  Oct.  2,  1782. 
At  a  Lodge  of  Master  Masons,  held  at  the  Block-House  on 
this  point, — present,  Bro.  Heart,  W.  M.,  &c.  Bro.  Kohert  Al- 
lyn,  Fellow  Craft,  was  proposed  to  be  made  a  Master,  and  on 
being  balloted  for  and  accepted,  he  was  duly  raised  to  that  sub- 
lime degree.  The  Lodge  was  then  closed,  to  await  the  call  of 
the  W.  Master. 

West  Point,  March  8,  1783. 

At  an  Entered  Apprentices' Lodge,  held  this  day,  by  order  of 
the  W.  Master,  the  following  brethren  only  were  present,  viz  : 
Officers— Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Kichards,  S.  W.  ;  Chapman,  J.  W. ; 
Wright,  Treas.  ;  John  Hart,  Secr'y.  Members — Wyllys,  Hop- 
kins, Betts,  Selden,  Tiifany. 

The  Lodge,  taking  into  consideration  the  small  number  of 
Brethren  present,  voted,  that  the  present  officers  serve  until  the 
first  of  May  next. 

The  W.  Master  and  S.  Warden  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  attend  the  Massachusetts  and  New  York  Lodges,  on  the 
subject  of  an  irregular  or  clandestine  Lodge,  said  to  be  held  in 
the  New  Jersey  Line,  by  one  Sergeant  McMuUen,  and  report  to 
this  Lodge.     Closed  till  Wednesday  next. 

April  3.— At  a  Fellow  Crafts'  Lodge,  held  at  Maj.  Wright's 
Quarters,  at  West  Point, — present,  Bro.  Heart,  W.  M.,  &c.— ^ 
Bro.  Hopkins,  an  Entered  Apprentice,  was  proposed,  balloted 
for,  and  passed  to  the  degree  of  Fellow  Craft. 

April  8. — The  Lodge  convened  and  was  opened,  but  the  at- 
tendance was  so  small  no  business  was  offered.  Closed  until 
the  23d  inst. 

West  Point,  April  23,  1783, 
At  a  Lodge  held  this  day,  at  Mr.  Foot's  on  West  Point — 
present,  Brs.  Heart,  W.  M.  ;  Judson,  S.  W.  ;  J.  Hart,  J.  W.  ; 
Tiffany,  Treas.  ;  Russel,  Secr'y  ;  Higgins,  S.  D.  ;  Loomis,  J. 
D.  ;  Hobart,  Tyler.  Members  and  Visitors — Brs.  Selden,  Rose, 
Glenny,  Leacroft,  Guyon,  Woodward,  Miller,  Steele, 


48  AMERICAN  UNION  LODGE.  [1783. 

The  Lodge  was  opened,  and  Bro.  Rose,  an  Entered  Appren- 
tice, was  proposed,  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  passed  to  the  de- 
dree  of  Fellow  Craft.  Lodge  closed,  to  stand  closed  until  the 
W.  Master  should  call  them  together. 

[We  have  no  record  of  any  further  meetings  of  this 
Lodge.  The  Revolutionary  War  being  now  brought  to  a 
happy  termination,  and  the  Army  difbanded,  the  Craft,  of 
courfe,  were  difperfed  to  their  feveral  homes,  to  enjoy  the 
bleffings  of  "the  peace  their  valor  won,"  and  to  cultivate 
the  moral  and  focial  virtues,  by  the  eftabliQiment  of  Ma- 
fonic  Lodges  in  the  various  fedions  of  the  country  where 
they  were  feverally  located.] 


A  BRIEF  NOTICE  OF 

SOME  OF  THE  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT, 

In  existence  before  the  Grand  Lodge. 


The  Lodges  wliicli  fonned  the  first  Masonic  Convention  in 
Connecticut,  whose  delegates  took  the  first  prelimenary  step  to- 
wards establishing  the  Grand  Lodge,  were  the  following,  viz  : — 
Hiram,  at  New  Haven  ;  St.  John's,  Middletown  ;  St.  John's, 
Fairfield  ;  St.  John's,  Hartford  ;  St.  John's,  Norwalk  ;  King 
Solomon's,  Woodbury ;  St.  John's,  Stratford  ;  Compass,  Wal- 
lingford  ;  Union,  Danbury  ;  Wooster,  Colchester  ;  St.  Paul's, 
Litchfield  ;  King  Hiram,  Derby.  Some  of  these  Lodges  have 
kept  their  records  in  a  good  state  of  preservation,  from  their 
first  organization,  which  enables  us  to  give  the  following  brief 
sketch  of  their  early  history.  From  others  we  have  found  no 
records  earlier  than  the  formation  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  all 
the  knowledge  we  have  of  their  previous  existence  is  derived 
from  the  fact  that* they  were  represented  in  the  Convention  of 
Delegates  at  the  time  the  Constitution  was  adopted.  Further 
notices  will  be  found  in  the  Appendix. 

HIRAM  LODGE,  NEW  HAVEN, 
The  first  chartered  Lodge  in  Connecticut,  was  instituted  in 
the  year,  1750,  by  a  Warrant  from  "  St.  John's  Grand  Lodge 
of  Boston,  as  descending  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England," — 
which  Warrant  was  granted  upon  the  application  of  Captain 
(afterwards  General)  David  Wooster,  and  other  brethren,  then 
residing  in  said  New  Haven.  The  Warrant  was  issued  by  R.  W. 
Thomas  Oxnard,  Provincial  Grand  Master,  and  bears  the  signa- 
tures of  Hugh  McDaniel,  D.  G.  M. ;  Benj.  Hallowell,  S.  G.  W. ; 
John  Box,  J.  G.  W  ;  attested  by  Chas.  Pelham,  Grand  Secreta- 
ry ;  dated  at  Boston,  Nov.l2th,  1750. 

In  a  few  weeks  after  the  date  of  this  Warrant,  to  wit,  on  the 
27th  of  December,  the  Lodge  was  in  operation,  as  we  find  by 
the  following  record^  copied  from  the  original  minute-book  : 

7 


50  EAKLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1750. 

At  a  Lodge  of  Free- Mason's,  held  at  Jehiel  Tuttle's  in  New  Haven,  at  the  Fes- 
tival of  Saint  John  the  Evangelist,  A.  L.  5750,  the  following  brethren  were  pres- 
ent, viz  : — David  Wooster,  W.  M. ;  Samuel  Mansfield,  S.  W. ;  John  Elliot,  J.  W. ; 
Nathan  Whiting,  Elihu  Lyman,  Archibald  McNeil,  Jehiel  Tuttle,  Joseph  Goldth- 
waite,  John  Harpin,  Eleazer  Fitch,  Benjamin  Appleton,  Israel  Abbot. 

Each  brother  paid  30  shillings  ;  Benedict  Westcut  paid  100  shillings  advance 
money ;  Lodge  received  of  Bro.  Lyman  2  doz.  gloves,  at  ,£10  12s  6d^£21  5s. ; 
received  of  Bro.  B.  Westcut,  in  full  for  admittance,  £9. 

The  above  is  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  first  Lodge  meeting 
ever  held,  by  authority  of  a  charter  or  warrant,  in  Connecticut. 
From  this  simple  beginning,  "  Hiram  Lodge"  has  continued  its 
regular  communications,  until  its  initiates  have  become  an  ex- 
ceeding great  multitude,  "  which  no  man  can  number."  The 
Lodge  continued  its  regular  communications  through  the  War 
of  the  Kevolution,  and  through  all  adverse  "  excitements." 

At  the  organization  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  1789,  the  first 
Grand  Master  and  the  first  Grand  Secretary  were  taken  from 
Hiram  Lodge,  and  she  has  ever  since  been  honored  with  her 
full  share  of  the  Grand  Officers.  Upon  the  numbering  of  the 
subordinate  Lodges,  which  took  place  in  1796,  this  Lodge,  in 
consequence  of  the  early  date  of  its  charter,  took  rank  as  "num- 
ber one,"  and  has  since  attained  the  distinctive  and  familiar  ap- 
pellation of  "  Old  Hiram." 

One  thing  can  be  said  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  which  cannot 
be  said  of  any  other  Lodge  in  the  State, — that  in  no  instance, 
since  the  formation  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  has  she  failed  of  being 
represented  and  making  returns  at  the  Grand  Communications 
of  that  body.  Another  thing  is  also  true, — that  in  no  instance 
has  her  own  regular  communications  been  omitted. 

ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  MIDDLETOWN, 
Was  constituted  under  a  charter  from  R.  W.  Thomas  Oxnard, 
Esq.,  Provincial  Grand  Master  at  Boston,  bearing  date,  or  rather 
granted,  the  14th  day  of  February,  1754.  The  petitioners,  to 
whom  the  charter  was  granted,  were  Richard  Alsop,  Jedediah 
Stow,  Ichabod  Camp,  Thomas  Tyler,  Israel  Abbott,  Jno.  Eason, 
Samuel  Bement  ;  and  they  nominated  Jehosaphat  Starr  for 
their  first  Master,  who  was  appointed,  with  Thomas  Tyler  for 


1754.]         EAKLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  51 

Senior  Warden,  and  Kichard  Alsop  for  Junior  Warden.  Bro. 
Icliabod  Camp  was  the  first  Treasurer,  and  Bro.  John  Eason 
the  first  Secretary.  Besides  the  above  named  petitioners  and 
officers,  the  first  members  were  Philip  Mortimer,  George  Phil- 
lips, Thomas  Edwards,  George  Lasor,  Elijah  Davis  and  Samuel 
Griffin.  Their  first  meeting  was  held  at  Capt.  Michael  Burn- 
ham's  tavern,  Feb.  26,  1754,  when  Br.  Starr  read  his  "  deputa- 
tion" from  the  R.  W.  Provincial  Grand  Master,  and  the  afore- 
mentioned officers  "  were  accepted  in  the  usual  manner."  The 
following  are  a  few  brief  extracts  from  the  original  by-laws  : 

Art.  1.  It  is  ordered,  that  this  Lodge  meet  every  Wednesday  evening,  till  the 
members  are  all  good  workmen. 

Art.  2d  obliged  them  to  close  the  Lodge  at  9  o'clock,  or  sooner ;  and  no  bro- 
ther was  allowed  to  insist  upon  or  force  a  brother  to  stay  longer. 

Art.  3.  Any  brother  guilty  of  profanity,  during  Lodge  hours,  was  fined  1  shil- 
ling, lawful  money,  to  be  deposited  in  the  fund  for  the  relief  of  poor  brethren. 

Art.  4.  The  earnest  vioney  for  a  candidate  was  £1,  to  be  returned  if  his  peti- 
tion was  rejected,  and  on  admission  £1  more,  and  a  pair  of  gloves  to  each  mem- 
ber present  at  his  admission. 

Art.  8.  Every  member  and  visiting  brother  shall  pay  1  shilling  each  night  he 
is  at  Lodge. 

Art.  10  provides  for  keeping  the  Festivals  of  St,  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John 
the  Evangelist,  according  to  ancient  usage. 

Art.  13.  The  Treasurer  shaU  account  to  the  Lodge  every  6  months,  and  the 
surplus  in  his  hands  shall  be  put  in  the  chest,  to  raise  a  fund  for  the  relief  of 
poor  brethren. 

Art  14.  If  any  brother  should  be  so  void  of  shame  as  to  disguise  himself  with 
liquor,  or  shall  come  disguised  to  the  Lodge,  he  shall  pay  a  fine  of  2  shillings, 
and  be  dismissed  for  the  night ;  and  the  next  Lodge  night  that  he  comes  he  shall 
be  severely  reprimanded,  and  dealt  by  according  to  the  manner  of  Masons. 

Art.  15.  Whoever  promotes  feuds  or  animosities  among  the  brethren,  or  en- 
deavors to  disturb  the  tranquility  of  the  Lodge,  shall  likewise  be  dealt  by  as 
seemeth  meet  unto  the  Master  and  his  men. 

Art.  16.  As  Masonry  ought  never  to  be  neglected,  and  as  true  cement  is  neces- 
sary for  keeping  the  Lodge  in  a  firm  state,  so  if  any  member  be  in  town  and  ab- 
sent himself  of  a  Lodge  night,  he  shall  be  charged  his  club,  unless  he  give  a  sat- 
isfactory reason  for  his  absence. 

The  Lodge  kept  along  with  its  regular  business,  through  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  during  the  "  troublous  times"  of  later 
years,  without  surrendering  its  charter.  At  the  formation  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  it  received  a  new  charter,  and  took  rank  as 
"  number  two"  on  the  roll  of  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction. 


52  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1762. 

ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  FAIRFIELD. 

This  Lodge  was  instituted  in  1762,  under  a  Warrant  from 
R.  W.  G-eorge  Harrison,  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  New  York, 
by  which  "  our  worshipful  and  well-beloved  Brother  Eleazer 
Hubbell,  was  nonainated,  constitued  and  appointed  to  be  Mas- 
ter of  the  Saint  John's  Lodge,  in"  the  County  of  Fairfield,  and 
in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,"  The  members  of  this  Lodge, 
in  the  year  1763,  were  Eleazur  Hubbell,  Isaac  Youngs,  Wool- 
cott  Chauncey,  Benjamin  Wyncoop,  David  Wheeler,  Ebenezer 
Bartram,  Jr.,  Joseph  Silliman,  Joseph  Knapp,  N.  Smith  Odell, 
Abel  Gold,  Samuel  Hull,  Jr.,  Daniel  Brown,  Timothy  Northam, 
Seth  Sherwood,  Henry  Ketch,  Seth  Warner,  John  Whiteon, 
Aaron  Hubbell,  John  Gregg. 

Upon  the  organization  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  a  new  charter 
was  taken  out  by  this  Lodge,  locating  it  at  Newfield,  and  giving 
it  rank  as  "  number  three"  in  the  list  of  subordinates.  From 
and  after  the  October  session  of  1801,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  was 
located  at  Bridgeport,  or,  at  least,  their  returns  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  were  dated  at  that  place,  until  the  May  session  of  1809, 
when  by  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge  it  was  "  ordered,  that  Saint 
John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  be  holden  in  future  within  one  mile  of  the 
court-house  in  the  town  of  Fairfield."  This  arrangement  was 
continued  until  the  annual  communication  of  1821,  since  which 
time,  without  any  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  permanent 
location  has  been  at  Bridgeport ;  and  in  1826  a  new  Lodge  was 
instituted  in  Fairfield. 

St.  John's,  No.  3,  has  generally  been  among  the  most  active 
and  flourishing  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  ;  but  in  the  excite- 
ment which  prevailed  for  a  few  years  after  1826,  she  bowed  be- 
fore the  storm,  only  to  rise  when  it  had  passed,  and  to  stand 
asrain,  more  erect  and  firm  than  ever, 

ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  HARTFORD, 

Was  constituted  in  the  year  1763,  by  a  "  Deputation"  from 
R,  W.  Jeremy  Gridley,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  "  Provincial  Grand 
Master  of  Masons  in  North  America."  The  following  are  the 
names  of  the  brethren  who  signed  "  the  letter  craving  a  depu- 


1763.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  53 

tation  for  this  Lodge"  : — John  Townley,  Wm.  Jepson,  Samuel 
Olcott,  G-eorge  Caldwell,  Abraham  Beach,  Thomas  Hopkins, 
Jonathan  Wadsworth,  John  Ellery,  James  Church,  Samuel 
Flagg,  Eleazer  Pomeroy,  Thomas  Payson. 

The  Lodge  was  organized  immediately  upon  the  receipt  of 
the  dispensation,  and  the  subjoined  extract  is  copied  from  the 
earliest  record  to  be  found  : 

At  a  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  held  at  Hezekiah  Colyei's,  the  19th 
January,  5763,  Kt.  W.  John  Townley  read  his  Deputation  from  Jeremy  Gridley, 
Esq.,  Grand  Master  of  America,  appointing  him  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  this 
Lodge  ;  and  after  the  usual  ceremonies  he  nominated  aloud,  Bro.  William  Jepson 
for  his  Senior  Warden,  Bro.  Samuel  Olcott  for  his  Junior  Warden,  Bro.  George 
Caldwell  for  his  Treasurer,  Bro.  Abraham  Beacli  for  his  Secretary ;  whom  the 
Lodge  accepted  of,  according  to  the  usual  manner. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  addressed  by  order  of  the 
Lodge  to  the  Provincial  Grand  Master,  soon  after  their  organi- 
zation : 

Hartford,  July  27,  1763. 

Right  Worshipful  :  I  am  directed  by  the  Master,  Wardens  and  Members  of 
the  newly  constituted  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  Hartford,  to  render 
you  and  the  other  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Boston,  our  sincere  acknowledge- 
ments for  the  Constitution  you  have  been  pleased,  on  our  request,  to  grant  to  this 
Lodge ;  and  to  assure  you  we  shall  ever  make  it  our  constant  endeavor,  as  we 
trust  it  will  be  our  highest  pleasure,  to  square  our  actions  agreeably  to  the  rules 
of  our  honorable  profession ;  thereby  rendering  ourselves  worthy  the  favor  you 
have  been  pleased  to  bestow  upon  us ;  and  in  some  measure  answering  the  ex- 
pectations you  might  reasonably  conceive  from  a  Lodge,  the  pillars  whereof  are 
Wisdom,  Strength  and  Beauty. 

We  beg  leave  further,  to  observe,  that  by  virtue  of  your  deputation,  appointing 
R.  W.  John  Townley  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  this  Lodge,  he  congregated  the 
brethren  together  and  formed  them  into  a  regular  Lodge,  on  the  19th  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 5763,  and  appointed  two  Wardens  and  other  officers  necessary  for  the  due 
regulation  of  the  same,  who  served  the  Lodge  in  their  respective  places  till  the 
last  Aniversary  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  at  which  time  the  members 
elected  their  officers  at  their  Lodge  Room,  at  the  sign  of  the  Black  Horse,  in 
this  town,  according  to  the  following  list  of  members  of  the  Lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons  in  Hartford : 

R.  W.  WILLIAM  JEPSON,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  SAMUEL  OLCOTT,  Senior  Warden. 
W.  JAMES  CHURCH,  Junior  Warden. 
Br.  ABRAHAM  BEACH,  Secretary. 
Br.  WILLIAM  ELLERY,  Treasurer. 
Br.  JOHN  BUNCE,  Tyler. 


54  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1765- 


John  Townley,  of  E 

artford, 

Israel  Knapp,  of  Hartford, 

George  Caldwell, 

do. 

James  Tiley,              do. 

Thomas  Hopkins, 

do. 

Alexander  Chalker,  do. 

Jon'th  Wadsworth, 

do. 

Samuel  Wyllys,         do. 

John  Ellery, 

do. 

Andrew  Thompson,   do. 

Samuel  Flagg, 

do. 

John  Bigelow,            do. 

Eleazer  Pomeroy, 

do. 

'  John  Wynne,  Lieut.  46th  Reg. 

Thomas  Payson,  of  Boston, 

All  of  whom  greet  you  thrice  heartily,  and  in  their  name  and  behalf  I  beg  leave 
to  subscribe  myself,  Right  Worshipful,  your  affectionate  brother  and  very  humble 
servant,  ABRAHAM  BEACH,  Secretary. 

To  the  R.  W.  Jeremiah  Gridley,  Esq.,' 
Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in ! 
North  America. 

This  Lodge  received  a  charter  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Con- 
necticut, at  the  May  session,  1795,  with  the  name  and  rank  of 
"  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4,"  Bro.  Ephraim  Root  being  at  that 
time  the  W.  Master. 

ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  NOEWALK. 
The  original  charter  of  this  Lodge  was  obtained  from  the 
Provincial  Grand  Lodge  in  New  York,  and  bears  the  signature 
of  R.  W.  George  Harrison,  Grand  Master,  dated  May  23,  1765, 
appointing  Bro.  Benjamin  Isaacs,  Master,  Stephen  St.  John, 
Senior  Warden,  and  Jehial  Ketcham,  Junior  Warden,  of  said 
Lodge,  "  to  be  held  at  Norwalk  only,  and  that  until  such  time 
as  a  Grand  Master  shall  be  appointed  for  the  Colony  of  Con- 
necticut." We  have  the  records  of  this  Lodge  as  early  as  Sep- 
tember 8, 1779,  from  which  time  to  the  present  they  have  been 
kept  in  regular  order.  The  first  choice  of  officers  on  record  took 
place  February  17th,  1780,  when  the  following  brethren  were 
elected : — Stephen  St.  John,  W.  M.  ;  Ebenezer  Whitney,  S.  W. ; 
Matthew  Reed,  J.  W.  ;  Timothy  Whitney,  Treas.  ;  Hezekiah 
Belden,  Sec'y.  At  this  meeting  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
prepare  a  code  of  by-laws  for  the  government  of  the  Lodge  ; 
and  the  following  regulation  was  adopted  : 

Voted  and  agreed,  that  when  any  one  shall  be  initiated  into  this  Lodge,  he 
shall  pay  to  the  funds  of  the  same,  Two  Hundred  Continental  Dollars,  and  Ten 
Dollars  to  the  Tyler ;  and  also  that  the  Tyler  shall  receive  Ten  Dollars  per  night 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  Lodge. 


[1766.        EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  55 

This  fee  to  the  Tyler  was  somewhat  reduced  in  after  years, 
as  appears  by  the  following,  under  date  of  Jan,  26,  1792  : 

At  this  Lodge,  John  St.  John  was  voted  and  agreed  with  to  tyle,  during  the 
pleasure  of  the  Lodge,  at  Two  Shillings  per  night  when  the  Lodge  is  sitting,  and 
when  he  attends  and  the  Lodge  does  not  convene,  he  shall  receive  One  Shilling. 

The  true  work  of  Masonry  shows  itself  in  such  a  transaction 
as  the  following  : 

June  \st. — This  Lodge  taking  into  consideration  the  captivity  of  Bro.  Ebenezer 
Whitney,  have  thereupon  voted  out  of  its  funds,  Four  Hundred  Dollars,  to  be 
used  for  his  release,  in  case  it  be  needed. 

At  the  Convention  preliminary  to  forming  the  Grand  Lodge, 
which  was  held  at  New  Haven,  in  1783,  this  Lodge  was  repre- 
sented by  Bro.  David  Lambert  ;  but  at  the  subsequent  Con- 
vention, when  the  Constitution  was  adopted  and  signed,  the 
name  of  a  delegate  from  this  Lodge  does  not  appear  on  the 
minutes.  It  is  presumed  they  came  early  into  the  Grand  Lodge, 
as  they  appear,  in  1796,  on  the  roll  of  subordinates,  as  "St. 
John's,  No.  6,"  and  have  been  very  generally  represented  at  the 
Grand  Communications. 

ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  STRATFOED. 
The  original  charter  of  this  Lodge  was  received  from  R,  W. 
George  Harrison,  Provincial  Grand  Master  for  the  Colony  of 
New  York,  dated  the  22d  of  April,  1766,  and  Bro.  Joseph  Clark 
was  appointed  first  Master.  Their  first  meeting  was  held  the 
12th  of  May  following,  when  W.  Bro.  Clark  presided,  assisted 
by  Brs.  James  Dunn,  John  Harpen  and  Lemuel  Brooks,  and  the 
following  brethren  were  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master 
Mason,  viz  : — Henry  Van  Dycke,  Ephraim  Peet,  Abijah  Beach 
and  William  Mcintosh.  On  the  15th  of  May,  the  following 
subordinate  officers  were  elected  : — Henry  Van  Dycke,  S.  W.  ; 
Ephraim  Peet,  J.  W.  ;  Abijah  Beach,  Treas.  ;  James  Dunn, 
Secr'y.  Four  candidates  were  proposed  at  this  meeting,  viz  : — 
George  Benjamin,  Abraham  Tomlinson,  Elijah  Wilcox,  John 
R.  Marshall.  By-Laws  were  adopted  by  the  Lodge  and  signed 
by  the  members  on  the  4th  of  September,  from  which  the  fol- 
lowing extracts  are  made  : 


56  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1768. 

Lodge  to  be  holden  the  2d  and  4th  Thursdaj-  of  each  month  ;  Lodge  hours  to 
be  between  6  and  9  from  Michaelmas  to  Lady- Day,  and  between  7  and  10  from 
Lady-Day  to  Michaelmas. 

The  Master  and  other  officers  to  be  elected  annually  on  the  Lodge  night  suc- 
ceeding the  Feast  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  as  follows  : — "  Every  member  shall 
give  in  a  sealed  ticket,  with  the  name  of  the  person  he  chooseth,  (but  no  tickets 
to  be  given  for  absent  brethren,)  which  tickets  shall  not  be  opened  till  all  are 
given  in ;  and  the  Secretary  shall  open  every  one,  and  note  the  names  inserted, 
and  whom  the  majority  shall  fall  to,  he  shall  be  Master  ;  but  if  an  equality  hap- 
pen on  two  or  more  of  the  majority,  the  oldest  Master  shall  take  the  chair  for 
the  ensuing  year." 

Every  newly  initiated  brother  shall  pay  £3  to  the  box,  and  3s.  to  the  Tyler. 
If  any  brother  shall  swear  in  Lodge  hours,  he  shall  pay  2  shillings  lawful  money, 
and  for  obscene  language  1  shilling.  No  talking  to  be  allowed  during  ceremony, 
uuder  penalty  of  1  shilling.  Any  member  refusing  to  obey  the  Master's  gavel, 
shall  immediately  pay  2  shillings,  and  on  refusal  shall  be  expelled  the  Lodge  that 
night.     All  fines  and  forfeitures  shall  be  applied  to  no  other  use  than  charity. 

In  case  of  a  negative  ballot,  no  question  shall  be  asked  except  by  the  Master, 
and  that  only  whether  there  has  been  any  mistake ;  and  no  brother  shall  reveal 
his  ballot  to  another.  If  difficulties  or  disputes  arise  between  brethren,  they 
shall  be  dismissed  the  Lodge  until  reconciled.  No  visiting  brother  shall  be  pres- 
ent when  the  Lodge  is  engaged  in  settling  disputes  or  in  the  discipline  of  mem- 
bers. No  brother  or  brothers  shall  presume  to  stay  in  the  Lodge  room,  after  the 
Lodge  hours  are  over,  on  any  account  whatever. 

The  following  extracts  are  copied  from  the  records  : 

Oct.  16. 1766. — The  Lodge  being  open  in  due  form  and  order,  did  unanimously 
agree  and  consent,  that  Bro.  Abijah  Beach  should  see  and  take  care  that  proper 
candlesticks  be  provided  for  the  Lodge ;  and  for  our  deficiency  we  had  a  lecture 
from  our  Worshipful  Master. 

April  30, 1767. — Saint  John's  day  drawing  nigh,  it  was  proposed  in  what  dwell- 
ing it  would  be  most  suitable  to  be  kept ;  when  it  was  ordered  to  be  held  at  Mr. 
John  Benjamin's,  inn-holder  in  Stratford. 

June  11,  1767. —  Voted,  That  the  whole  Lodge  appear  at  the  Lodge  room,  at  10 
of  the  clock,  forenoon,  on  the  2-ith,  to  celebrate  the  Festival  of  St.  John. 

Jan.  21,  1768. — The  Lodge  being  opened  and  clothed  with  all  their  honors,  the 
R.  W.  Master  gave  an  Entered  Apprentice's  Lecture  ;  after  which  he  proposed 
that  a  collection  be  made  by  the  members  present,  for  Sister  Mcintosh,  which 
was  unanimously  consented  to,  and  a  collection  of  £1  8s.  7d.  taken  up  ;  when  Br. 
David  Osborn  was  appointed  to  wait  on  her  with  it  as  readily  as  may  be,  which 
was  done. 

March  7,  1768. — The  Lodge  proceeded  to  ballot  for  J P ,  which  was 

carried  in  the  negative,  3  against  5 ;  they  afterwards  proceeded  to  ballot  for  the 
same,  when  there  was  2  against  6  ;  and  then  the  Lodge  was  closed. 

A  charter  from  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1792,  gave  them  the  de- 
signation of  "  St.  John's,  No.  8." 


CONVENTION  OF  DELEGATES 

FROM  THE 

MASONIC  LODG^ES  IIST  CONNECTICUT, 
April  29,  A.  L.  5783. 


b 


In  pursuance  of  a  recommendation  of  a  committee  of  thirteen 
Lodges  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  New  Haven  in 
said  State,  on  the  18th  of  March,  1783,  delegates  from  the 
several  Lodges  met  at  the  house  of  Brother  Brown,  on  the  last 
Tuesday  of  April,  1783,  viz  : 

New  Haven — Brs.  John  Lothrop,  James  Lockwood,  Elias 
Shipman,  Pierpoint  Edwards. 

Middletown — Brs.  Comfort  Sage,  John  Cotton. 

Fairfield — Brs.  Jonathan  Buckley,  Elijah  Abel. 

Hartford — Brs.  William  Adams,  William  Nichols,  Oliver 
Lewis. 

Norwalk — Br.  David  Lambert. 

Woodbury — Br.  Josej^h  Perry. 

Stratford — Brs.  Peter  Nichols,  Philip  Nichols. 

Wallingford — Br.  Tyrhand  Kirtland. 

Danbury— Br.  Sallu  Pell. 

Colchester — Brs.  Asa  Worthington,  Elijah  Bingham. 

Litchfield — Br.  Julius  Doming. 

Derby^ — Br.  Charles  Whittlesey. 

Brother  Comfort  Sage  was  chosen  moderator,  and  Pierpoint 
Edwards  clerk  of  said  convention. 

The  credentials  of  the  respective  delegates  and  the  charters 
and  By-Laws  of  the  several  Lodges  being  read,  the  convention 
proceeded  to  business. 

Voted,  That  Brs.  Sallu  Pell,  Oliver  Lewis,  Asa  Worthington, 
and  Jonathan  Buckley  be  a  Conunittee  to  form  By-Laws  relative 
to  the  sums  to  be  paid  for  the  admitting,  passing  and  raising 


58  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.        [^-pril, 

brethren ;  the  ceremonies  to  be  observed  at  the  admission  of  visit- 
ing brethren,  vrho  have  none  to  vouch  for  them  ;  the  time  that 
persons  shall  stand  proposed  before  admission,  and  such  other 
matters  of  general  concern,  as  in  their  opinion,  may,  without 
trenching  upon  the  By-Laws  of  particular  Lodges,  be  objects  of 
general  regulation. 

The  Committee  appointed,  reported  as  follows  : 

The  subscribers,  a  Committee  appointed  by  the  General  Convention,  assembled 
at  New  Haven,  on  the  29th  day  of  April,  1783,  to  form  certain  By-Laws,  to  be 
adopted  by  all  the  Lodges  in  this  State, 

REPOIIT : 

First.  That  every  person  who  is  admitted  to  the  degree  of  Entered  Apprentice 
in  Masonry,  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Lodge  £4  lawful  money,  inclusive 
of  the  sum  paid  by  the  brother  who  proposed  him,  and  exclusive  of  the  Tyler's 
fees  ;  for  being  passed  to  a  Fellow  Craft,  shall  pay  12  shillings  ;  and  for  being 
raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  a  Master  Mason,  shall  pay  18  shillings,  and  shall 
be  free  from  all  expense  except  his  club. 

Second.  That  every  person  proposed  for  initiation,  shall  stand  proposed  one 
month,  and  longer  if  desired  by  any  of  the  brethren,  unless  in  cases  of  emergency. 
Third.  That  the  strictest  attention  be  paid  to  the  admission  of  visiting  breth- 
ren, and  that  no  one,  unless  he  be  vouched  for  by  some  brother  present,  shall  be 
admitted  to  sit  in  any  Lodge  until  he  shall  have  taken  the  usual  accustomed  as- 
surances, that  he  was  regularly  initiated,  passed  and  raised,  in  a  just  and  regularly 
constituted  Lodge,  that  he  is  not  under  any  censure  and  knows  no  just  impedi- 
ment why  he  should  not  be  admitted  to  the  privileges  of  a  visiting  brother. 
Submitted  to  consideration  by  your  Committee. 

SALLU  PELL, 
JAMES  LOCKWOOD, 
OLIVER  LEWIS, 
ASA  WORTHINGTON, 
JONATHAN  BUCKLEY. 

The  above  report  was  read  and  unanimously  accepted  by  the 
delegates  from  the  twelve  Lodges  assembled,  and  copies  thereof 
ordered  to  be  taken  and  recorded  by  the  Secretaries  of  each 
Lodge. 

Voted,  That  a  person  be  appointed  to  visit  each  of  the  Lodges 
in  this  State,  in  order  that  there  may  be  uniformity  in  the  mode 
of  working  among  the  brethren  ;  and  that  Bro.  Jonathan  Heart 
be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  and  he  is  accordingly  requested 
to  take  upon  himself  the  execution  of  said  office. 


1783.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  59 

Voted,  That  Bro.  Heart's  exjDenses  and  a  compensation  for 
his  services  be  paid  him  by  the  respective  Lodges. 

Voted,  That  a  Committee  of  four,  viz  :  one  in  each  of  the 
counties  of  Hartford,  New  Haven,  Litchfield  and  Faii-field,  be 
appointed  for  the  purposes  pointed  out  in  the  third  article  of  the 
resolves  of  the  last  General  Convention. 

Voted,  That  the  said  Committee  be  chosen  annually,  and 
continue  in  office  until  another  be  appointed. 

The  ballots  being  taken,  Bro.  Pierpoint  Edwards  was  chosen 
one  of  the  Committee,  for  New  Haven  County ;  Bro.  Samuel 
Holden  Parsons,  for  Hartford  County  ;  Bro.  Jonathan  Buckley, 
for  Fairfield  County  ;  and  Bro.  Hezekiah  Thompson,  for  Litch- 
field County. 

Voted,  That  the  next  General  Convention  be  holden  on  the 
last  Tuesday  in  September  next,  at  Middletown,  precisely  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M. 

Voted,  That  each  Lodge  shall  transmit  thirteen  copies  of  all 
returns  that  they  shall  make  to  the  said  Committee  of  four. 

Voted,  That  an  oration  be  delivered  at  Middletown,  at  the 
next  General  Convention,  and  that  Bro.  Oliver  Lewis  be  ap- 
pointed to  deliver  said  oration. 

Voted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  of  four 
to  attend  the  half  yearly  convention,  and  to  report  their  pro- 
ceedings to  said  convention. 

The  convention  was  adjourned. 

COMFOKT  SAGE,  Moderator. 

PIERPOINT  EDWAEDS,  Clerk. 


60  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICTT.  [^^J, 

CONVENTION   OF  DELEGhATES. 
May  14,  A.  L.  5789. 


At  a  convention  of  delegates  from  the  several  Lodges  in  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  convened  at  Hartford  on  the  14th  day  of 
May,  1789,  to  consider  the  state  of  the  several  Lodges,  advise 
upon  the  question  of  establishing  a  Grand  Lodge  in  this  State, 
and  the  appointment  of  the  necessary  officers. 

Bro.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Preside7it. 

Bro.  EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Secretanj. 

Voted,  That  Brs.  Pierpoint  Edwards,  William  Judd,  Asher 
Miller,  and  Ephraim  Kirhy,  be  a  Committee  to  prepare  a  sys- 
tematic plan  for  forming  a  Grand  Lodge  in  this  State,  and  that 
they  lay  the  same  before  a  convention  of  delegates  from  the 
several  Lodges,  to  be  convened  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  New 
Haven,  on  the  8th  day  of  July  next,  at  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  of  this  convention,  be  empowered 
and  requested  to  notify  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State  to  con- 
vene for  the  purpose  ;  also,  with  full  powers  to  act  uj)on  such 
subjects  as  shall  be  found  most  conducive  to  the  good  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

The  convention  was  then  adjourned. 

A  true  cojjy  from  the  minutes, 

Attest,         EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Secretary. 


1789.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  61 

ORGANIZATION  OP  THE   GRAND  LODGE. 

July  8,  A.  L.  5789. 


At  a  convention  of  the  Lodges  of  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holclen  at.  New  Haven,  in  said  State,  on  the  8th  day  of  July, 
1789,  the  following  Constitution,  Regulations  and  Ordinances 
were  adopted  for  the  government  of  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

COIVSTITUTION. 

We,  the  members  of  the  several  Lodges  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  to  establish 
order  and  uniformity,  to  promote  love  and  charity  among  Masons,  and  render 
more  general  and  extensive  the  principles  of  benevolence  and  philanthropy,  do 
ordain  and  establish  this  Constitution,  for  a  Grand  Lodge  in  this  State. 

That  the  Grand  Lodge  shall  consist  of  a  Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
Grand  Senior  and  Grand  Junior  Warden,  Grand  Treasurer,  Grand  Secretary,  two 
Grand  Deacons,  and  the  Masters  and  Wardens,  for  the  time  being,  of  the  several 
Lodges  in  this  State,  and  the  Past  Grand  Oflficers  of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  and  the 
said  enumerated  officers  shall  be  the  only  members  and  voters  of  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  Master  and  Wardens  of  any  Lodge,  who  cannot  personally  attend  the 
Grand  Lodge,  shall  have  the  privilege  of  constituting  a  proxy ;  which  proxy  shall 
have  the  same  number  of  votes  as  his  constituent,  and  such  proxy  shall  be  a 
Master  Mason. 

A  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  holden  twice  every  year,  viz :  on  Wednesday  next  be- 
fore the  second  Thursday  in  October,  at  New  Haven,  and  on  Wednesday  next  be- 
fore the  second  Thursday  in  May,  at  Hartford,  until  the  Grand  Lodge  shall  order 
otherwise,  and  shall  have  given  four  months  notice  of  such  alteration  to  all  the 
Lodges  in  this  State.  But  the  Grand  Master,  for  the  time  being,  may  at  anytime 
call  a  special  Grand  Lodge,  to  meet  at  such  place  as  he  may  think  proper. 

The  officers  of  the  grand  Lodge  shall  be  chosen  annually,  at  the  Grand  Lodge 
holden  on  Wednesday  next  before  the  second  Thursday  in  May,  by  the  members 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  present,  by  ballot ;  a  majority  of  the  votes  present  shall  be 
necessary  to  constitute  a  choice ;  proxies  present  to  be  accounted  members. 

In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  absence  of  the  acting  Grand  Master,  the 
next  officer  in  rank  of  the  Grand  Lodge  shall  act  in  his  place  and  stead,  until  the 
next  annual  election,  and  shall  possess  all  the  powers  and  authorities  of  the 
Grand  Master ;  and  in  case  any  other  office  shall  become  vacant  by  death,  resig- 
nation or  otherwise,  the  Grand  Master,  for  the  time  being,  shall  fill  such  vacancy 
by  his  nomination. 


62  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [J^^^J? 

The  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  power  by  patent  under  their  seal  and  sign  manual 
of  the  Grand  Master,  for  the  time  being,  attested  bj^  their  Secretary,  to  constitute 
new  Lodges  ;  to  establish  a  uniform  mode  of  working  in  all  the  Lodges  in  this 
State,  and  to  superintend  and  regulate  the  general  police  of  Masonry,  according 
to  the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  Masons  ;  carefully  regarding  the  old  land- 
marks, which  are  on  no  account  to  be  removed  or  defaced. 

The  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  power  to  make  such  By-Laws  for  their  own  gov- 
ernment as  they  shall  think  proper. 

The  Grand  Lodge  ujjon  granting  a  charter  to  a  newly  constituted  Lodge,  may 
demand  such  reasonable  fees,  as  they  shall  establish  by  their  By-Laws, 

All  the  Lodges  in  this  State  shall,  before  the  annual  meeting  in  May  next,  de- 
posit with  the  Grand  Lodge  their  present  charter,  and  shall  receive  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  new  charters,  which  shall  be  numbered  according  to  the  senority 
of  the  dates  of  their  former  charters.  The  new  charters  shall  be  granted  to  the 
present  Lodges  without  any  expense — excepting  the  expense  of  engrossing,  when 
that  shall  be  done  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Done  in  a  convention  of  the  Lodges  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  New 
Haven,  in  said  State,  on  the  8th  day  of  July,  Anno  Lucis  5789. 

WILLIAM  JUDD, 
Chairman  and  Delegate  from  Frederick  Lodge  in  Farmington. 


Hiram  Lodge,  New  Haven, 


PIERPOINT  EDWARDS, 
JONAS  PRENTICE, 
ELIAS  SHIPMAN, 
ELIJAH  AUSTIN, 
IRUSSEL  CLARK, 
rASHER  MILLER, 

St.  John's  Lodge,  Middletown,     ^^ggfE^L^^^^FF, 

(.WILLIAM  W.  PARSONS. 

e,   T  1    7    T    1       -u  ■  a  ^A   ^  ELIJAH  ABEL, 
St,  John's  Lodge,  Fairfield,  j  p^^jgL  YOUNG. 

St,  John's  Lodge,  Hartford,— SAMUEL  WYLLYS, 

King  Solomon's  Lodge,  Woodbury,— NATHAN  PRESTON. 

St.  John's  Lodge,  Stratford,— JOSEPH  L.  WOOSTER. 

Lodge  in  Wallingford,— TYRHAND  KIRTLAND. 

Lodge  in  Danbury,— JOSHUA  KING. 

,^      .     T    1       nit,.       i  ASA  WORTHINGTON, 
Wooster  Lodge,  Colchester,  J  ELIJAH  BINGHAM, 

St,  Paul's  Lodge,  Litchfield,— EPHRAIM  KIRBY. 
Frederick  Lodge,  Farmington, — JOHN  MIX. 
Montgomery  Lodge,  Salisbury, — SAMUEL  LEE. 
Attest,        EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Secretary. 

Resolved,  That  the  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  year 
ensuing  be  now  chosen. 

The  votes  being  taken,  by  ballot,  the  following  Grand  Offi- 
cers were  duly  elected  : 


1789.]        GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  63 

Brother  Pierpoint  Edwards,  Grand  Master, 

"  William  Judd,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Ealph  Pomeroy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Samuel  Wyllys,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  George  Phillips,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  Elias  Shipman,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  Elijah  Abel,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  AsHER  Miller,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

Attest,     ELIAS  SHIPMAN,  Grand  Secretary. 


In  Grand  Lodge,  Oct.  14,  A.  L.  5789. 
ORDIlSrAISrCES,  <fec. 

The  following  Ordinances  were  presented  and  discussed,  and 
after  due  deliberation  were  adopted,  viz  : 

1st.  Ordered,  That  three  dollars  out  of  the  admission  money,  paid  by  any  per- 
son for  being  made  an  Entered  Apprentice,  in  any  Lodge  in  this  State,  shall  be 
paid  by  the  Lodge  receiving  the  same,  to  the  Grand  Treasurer  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  for  the  use  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  so  that  the  same  be  punctually  transmit- 
ted to  the  Grand  Treasurer  at  the  next  half  yearly  communication  after  it  shall 
have  been  received  by  the  Lodge  to  whom  it  shall  have  been  paid,  and  that  this 
regulation  continue  in  force  one  j^ear. 

2d.  Ordered,  That  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  by  or  before  the  next  half 
yearly  communication,  transmit  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  list  of  all  their  members, 
specifying  in  such  list  their  rank,  and  also  transmit  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  copy  of 
their  respective  By-Laws,  and  that  they  take  particular  care  that  those  who  may 
represent  their  respective  Lodges  in  the  Grand  Lodge  be  competent  to  give  very 
full  and  accurate  information,  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  their  manner  of  working. 

3d.  Ordered,  That  all  the  Lodges  that  have  already  or  shall  hereafter  deposit 
their  charters  with  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  obedience  to  the  Constitution,  establish- 
ing the  Grand  Lodge  in  this  State,  be  and  they  are  fully  authorized  to  proceed 
in  all  business  and  duties  of  regular  established  Lodges,  until  they  shall  receive* 
new  charters  from  this  Lodge. 

■  A  true  copy  of  the  Ordinances  of  the  Grand  Lodge', 

■  Attest,        ELIAS  SHIPMAN,  Grand  Secretar'U. 


64  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^y, 

In  Grajid  Lodge,  3Iay  lAth,  A.  L.  5790. 

The  following  brethren  were  elected  Grand  Officers  for  the 
ensuing  year,  viz  : 

Brother  Pierpoint  Edwards,  Grand  Master,' 

"  William  Judd,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Ealph  Pomeroy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Samuel  Wyllts,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  Elias  Shipman,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  Elijah  Abel,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Ephraim  Kirby,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  following  sums  were  paid  in  for  initiations,  viz  : 

By  St.  John's  Lodge,  Stratford, £1  :  16s. 

By  Wooster  Lodge,  Colchester, 6  :  6 

By  Frederick  Lodge,  Farmington, 3  :  12 

By  Hiram  Lodge,  New  Haven, 18 

By  St.  John's  Lodge,  Fairfield, 18 


£13:  10s. 

Resolved,  That  each  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  required  to  send,  by  their  representatives 
to  the  next  Grand  Lodge,  the  balances  due  for  arrearages  on 
initiation  fees. 

Resolved,  That  in  future,  each  Lodge  subject  to  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Grand  Lodge,  shall  demand  and  receive  into  the 
treasury  of  the  same,  for  entering,  passing  and  raising  each 
brother,  not  less  than  the  following  sums,  viz  :  entering  each 
Apprentice,  ten  dollars  ;  passing  each  Apprentice  to  the  degree 
of  Fellow  Craft,  one  dollar ;  raising  each  Fellow  Craft  to  the 
sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  two  dollars. 

Voted,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  ordered  to  procure  a  set 
of  jewels  for  the  Grand  Officers. 

A  true  copy  of  record,  attested  by 

ELIAS  SHIPMAN,  G.  Secretary. 


1791.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  65 

In  Grand  Lodge,  October  15th,  A.  L.  5790. 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  Rt.  Worshipful  Grand  Master,  for  the 
time  being,  issue  new  charters  to  all  the  regularly  constituted 
Lodges  in  this  State,  upon  their  former  charters  being  produced 
to  him  ;  which  new  charters  being  issued,  as  is  j^i'ovided  in  and 
by  the  Constitution,  all  such  former  charters  may  be  returned 
by  the  Grand  Secretary  to  the  Lodges  from  which  they  were  re- 
ceived, (if  required,)  being  first  registered,  with  such  new  char- 
ters, by  the  Grand  Secretary,  in  the  records  of  this  Lodge,  and 
such  register  certified  on  the  back  of  said  former  charter. 

Application  was  received  from  several  brethren  in  Windham 
County  for  a  charter  for  a  new  Lodge,  to  be  called  "  Moriah 
Lodge,  which  was  granted  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Correspondence  from  Georgia,  relative  to  a  Federal  Grand 
Lodge,  was  read  and  laid  over  for  future  consideration. 
A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

ELIAS  SHIPMAN,  Grand  Secretary. 


In  Grand  Lodge,  May  Session,  A.  L.  5791. 

The  following  Lodges  were  represented,  viz  : 

Hiram — New  Haven,  St.  John's — Norwalk, 

St.  John's — Middletown,  Union — Greenwich, 

St.  John's — Fairfield,  King  Hiram — Derby, 

St.  John's — Hartford,  Moriah — Windham, 
King  Solomon's — Woodbury,     Temple — Cheshire, 

St.  John's — Stratford,  Federal — Watertown, 

C  ompass — Wallingford,  Hiram — Newtown, 

Union — D  anbury,  Washington — Huntington, 

Wooster — Colchester,  Berlin — Berlin, 

St.  Paul's— Litchfield,  St.  Peter's— New  Milford, 

Frederick — Farmington,  Hart's — Woodbridge. 
Montgomery — Salisbury, 

The  following  brethren  were  chosen  Grand  Officers  for  the 
ensuing  year,  viz  : 


G6  GRAND  LODGE   OF    CONNECTICNT.  [May, 

Brother  William  Judd,  Grand  Master. 

"  Ealph  Pomeroy,  Deputy  Grrand  Master, 

"  Samuel  Wtllys,  Grand  Senior  Warden. 

"  Ephraim  Kirbt,  Grand  Junior  Warden. 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  Sylvester  Gilbert,  Grand  Senior  Deacon, 

"  Eli  Mygatt,  Grand  Junior  Deacon. 

Ordered,  That  the  several  Lodges  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
this  Grand  Lodge  make  an  accurate  return  to  the  Grand  Secre- 
tary of  the  names  of  their  respective  members,  by  the  first  day 
of  January  next ;  that  the  Grand  Secretary  enter  in  the  books 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  immediately  after  such  returns  are  made,  a 
complete  roll  of  the  members  of  each  Lodge,  That  the  particu- 
lar Lodges  transmit  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  at  the  semi-annual 
communications  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  regular  returns  of  all  their 
new  admitted  members,  that  such  members  may  be  added  to 
said  rolls.  That  they  also  transmit  to  the  Grand  Secretary, 
unmediately  after  their  annual  choice  of  officers,  from  time  to 
time,  a  return  of  the  officers  chosen  ;  which  return  shall  be  kept 
on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Grand  Secretary,  that  it  may  there 
appear  who  are  the  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Ordered,  That  each  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
Grand  Lodge,  forward  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  a  transcript  of 
the  proceedings  of  such  Lodge,  wherein  any  member  is  excluded 
or  suspended  ;  and  the  Grand  Secretary  shall  communicate  the 
same  to  each  Lodge  within  said  jurisdiction. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  By-Laws 
and  regulations  for  the  Grand  Lodge,  be  required  to  bring  for- 
ward said  By-Laws  at  the  next  session. 


1791.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  67 

In  Grand  Lodge,  October  11,  A.  L.  5791. 

The  Lodge  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  By-Laws, 
as  reported  by  the  committee  ;  and  the  same  having  been  read, 
and  such  amendments  and  alterations  made  as  were  found 
proper,  were  unanimously  adopted  as  follows  : 

Kegulations  for  the  Government 

OF  THE 

G-RA]Sri>   LODG-E   OF   COlSriSrECTICUT. 

1st.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  shall  consist  of  the  Grand 
Officers  for  the  time  being,  and  the  Past  Grand  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  But 
no  person  shall  be  a  member  of  this  Grand  Lodge  any  longer  than  he  resides 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  same. 

2d.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  the  several  Lodges  in 
this  State,  to  give  their  jjunctual  attendance  at  the  meetings  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
either  by  themselves  or  proxies ;  which  proxy  shall  be  a  Master  Mason,  and  the 
certificate  cf  his  appointment,  countersigned  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Lodge  to 
which  he  belongs. 

3d.  A  majority  of  the  members  present  shall  determine  every  question,  and  the 
brother  in  the  chair  shall  have  the  casting  vote.  If  any  one  Lodge  request  the 
vote  to  be  taken  by  ballot,  it  shall  be  so  taken.  No  vote  shall  be  reconsidered  by 
a  smaller  number  of  Lodges  than  were  present  when  such  vote  passed. 

4th.  The  Grand  Officers  shall  be  chosen  annually,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  on  Wednesday  preceding  the  second  Thursday  in  May.  at  Hartford — until 
the  Grand  Lodge  shall  order  otherwise.  A  majority  of  votes  shall  be  necessary 
to  constitute  a  choice. 

5th.  The  Grand  Master  (if  he  judges  it  necessary)  shall  appoint  Grand  Stew- 
ards, Grand  Marshal,  Grand  Sword  Bearei-,  Grand  Pursuivant,  and  Grand  Tyler; 
but  no  brother  shall  be  appointed  to  either  of  the  above  mentioned  offices  unless 
he  is  a  Master  Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

6th.  The  jewels  to  be  worn  by  the  Grand  Officers  shall  be  gilt  with  gold,  pen- 
dant to  a  collar  of  white  ribbon.  The  officers  and  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
shall  wear  white  aprons  trimmed  with  white — which  kind  of  aprons  may  also  be 
worn  by  Past  Grand  Officers.  The  members  from  private  Lodges  shall  wear  their 
respective  jewels.  No  member  shall  appear  in  Grand  Lodge  without  the  jewel  of 
his  office.  J 

7th.  Every  question  moved  and  seconded  shall  be  put  by  the  chair,  and  no  new 
matter  shall  be  brought  forward  until  that  on  hand  shall  be  first  decided  upon. 
No  brother  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  question,  unless  with  leave 
of  the  chair,  or  to  explain  himself.  The  chair  shall  determine  all  questions  of 
order. 

8th.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary  to  make  regular  entries  of  all 
monevs  which  shall  from  time  to  time  become  due  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 


68  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

9th.  The  Grand  Treasurer  shall  collect  and  receive  all  moneys  due  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  keep  regular  accounts  of  all  moneys  by  him  received,  and  at  the  close 
of  every  year  a  committee  shall  be  appointed  to  examine  and  settle  his  accounts, 
who  shall  report  at  the  next  biennial  communication.  And  the  Grand  Treasurer 
shall  pay  out  the  moneys  by  him  received,  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  in 
their  recess  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Master. 

10th.  No  new  charter  shall  be  granted  but  upon  the  petition  of  at  least  five 
known  and  approved  Master  Masons,  nor  shall  a  new  warrant  be  granted  to  any 
number  of  Masons  residing  within  less  than  ten  miles  of  the  usual  place  of  meet- 
ing of  any  regularly  established  Lodge,  unless  by  special  dispensation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  ;  and  the  petition  shall  contain  the  causes  which  render  it  expedient 
that  such  charter  should  be  granted,  with  the  nomination  of  the  Master  and  War- 
dens ;  and  the  petition  shall  be  approved  by  some  regularly  constituted  Lodge,  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  petitioners.  Every  Lodge  shall  pay  for  a  charter,  before  de- 
livery, the  sum  of  £4  ;  and  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  for  parchment,  engrossing, 
registering  and  fixing  the  seal,  the  sum  of  £1 :  10s. 

11th.  The  Grand  Secretary  may  appoint  his  deputy,  subject  to  the  approbation 
of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  he  shall  have  the  care  of  the  archives ;  he  shall  keep  fair 
records  of  all  the  transactions  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

12th.  All  appeals  from  the  decision  of  any  private  Lodge  shall  be  made  in 
writing  and  left  with  the  Grand  Secretary.  And  the  appellant  shall  give  the 
other  party  one  month  notice  thereof.  All  appeals,  letters,  &c.,  shall  be  read  in 
Grand  Lodge,  but  first  handed  to  the  chair. 

13tli.  Whenever  the  Grand  Master  or  oflBcer  presiding  rises  from  his  chair,  all 
debate  shall  cease,  and  there  shall  be  a  strict  silence.  Every  member  excluded 
the  Grand  Communication  shall  also  be  excluded  every  Lodge  imder  this  juris- 
diction, until  restored  by  the  Grand  Lodge ;  of  this,  the  Grand  Secretary  shall 
notify  every  Lodge. 

14th.  Upon  the  demise  of  any  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand 
Lodge,  the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge  shall,  within  six  months 
afterwards,  surrender  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  the  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds 
and  furniture  of  said  Lodge. 

Whereas,  it  has  been  found  that  the  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  the  day  previous  to  the  session  of  the  General  Assembly, 
is  attended  with  many  and  great  inconveniences,  therefore^ 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Communications  in  future  be  holden  on  Wednesday 
next  following  the  second  Thursday  in  May,  at  Hartford ;  and  on  Wednesday 
next  following  the  second  Thursday  in  October,  at  New  Haven,  at  5  o'clock  P.  M., 
on  each  of  said  days. 

Ordered,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed  to  exhibit  his 
accounts  of  all  moneys  by  him  received  and  paid  out  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Lodge,  to  the  next  Grand  Communication  ;  and 
that  the  several  Lodges  at  the  same  time  bring  in  all  their 


1793.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  69 

vouchers  for  what  they  have  paid  into  the  stock  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  that  it  may  then  appear  who  are  indebted,  and  what 
sums  are  due  from  those  Lodges  which  are  yet  in  arrears, 
A  true  extract, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


In  Grand  Lodge,  October  17,  A.  L.  5792. 

(Seventeen  Lodges  represented.) 

On  motion,  and  seconded,  Ordered,  that  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  printed  at  the  expense  of  the 
Lodge,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  transcribe  and  prepare 
them  for  the  press,  together  with  such  of  the  Ordinances  and 
Resolutions  which  have  been  adopted,  as  he  shall  think  exj>e- 
dient  and  necessary  to  be  communicated  ;  and  that  he  transmit 
copies  thereof  to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State  as  soon  as 
may  be. 

Ordered,  That  the  following  form  of  Certificate  be  adopted, 
and  used  by  members  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  as  occasion  may 
require. 

Form  of  Certificate  for  the  Appointment  of  Proxy. 

To  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

BE  IT  KNOWN, 

That  I,  A.  B.  (Master,  S.  or  J.  Warden,  as  the  case  may  be) 

of Lodge,  in ,  have  and  by  these 

presents  do  constitute  T.  D.,  a  brother  Master  Mason  and  mem- 
ber of  said  Lodge,  my  proxy,  at  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  be  holden 

at -,  on  the  "Wednesday  next  after  the  second 

Thursday  of ;  A.  D.  179 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  committed  to  him  my  jewel  of 

office,  and  subscribed  my  name  this day  of , 

A.  L.  579  (Signed.) 

A  true  extract  from  the  minutes. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


70  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [DeC. 

Extract  from  the  Proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  held  in 
October,  A.  L.  5793. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  indispensable  duty  of  every  Lodge 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  to  attend  each  half- 
yearly  communication,  either  by  one  or  more  of  their  officers,  or 
proxies  by  them  appointed  ;  and  that  every  Lodge  which  shall 
neglect  so  to  attend,  shall  incur  the  penalty  of  eight  dollars  for 
each  neglect,  to  be  paid  into  the  Grand  Treasury  : — Provided, 
that  no  reason  satisfactory  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  their  next 
communication,  shall  be  given  for  their  non-attendance. 
A  true  extract, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


Special    CommTiiiication. 

At  a  special  Grand  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
holden  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Samuel  Bellamy,  on  Tuesday,  Dec. 
30th,  A.  L.  5794, 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  '. 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 

PETEK  JOHNSON,  Grand  Sen.  Warden,  p.  t. 
T YRHAND  KIRTLAND,  Grand  Jun.  Warden,  p.  t. 
ELIHU  SANFORD.  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
DAYID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Secretary,  p.  t. 
EDWARD  BLAKESLEE,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
REUBEN  IVES,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Samuel  Bellamj^,  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  Simeon  Goodyear, 

George  Bristol,  Henry  J.  Coolidge,  Walter  Munson, 

Amasa  Bradley,  Ambrose  Ward,  Jr.  Abraham  Ives, 

Job  Mimson,  Joseph  Peck,  Joel  Blakeslee, 

Ezra  Kimberly,  Samuel  Covert,  Benoni  Hotchkiss, 

William  Worthington,  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  Walter  Brown, 

William  Munson,  Cheney  Higby,  Nathaniel  Storer, 

Benjamin  Granniss,  Peter  Woodward,  Jesse  Beach, 

William  Trowbridge,  Robert  Brown,  Francis  French, 

John  Mix,  Jr.  Amos  Doolittle,  Edmond  Smith, 


1794.] 


GKAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT. 


71 


Daniel  Barnes, 
David  Badger, 
Reuben  Rice, 
Jonathan  Hall, 
Lazaras  Tolles, 
Jared  Tolles, 
Reuben  Bronsou, 
Elizur  Andrews, 
Thomas  Atwater, 
Elnathan  Beach, 
Leverett  Kimberly, 
Luman  Frisbie, 
Levi  Parker, 
Christian  Hausser, 


Azariah  Albro, 
Hanover  Barney, 
Samuel  Pardee, 
Josiah  Root, 
Martin  Cook, 
Giles  Brocket, 
Leonard  Bradley, 
Nash  Hotchkiss, 
Samuel  Cook, 
Hezekiah  Hooker, 
Nathaniel  Cook, 
Moses  Moss, 
Heman  Atwater, 
Seldeu  Spencer, 


Levi  Tuttle, 
Hezekiah  Sperry, 
Nathaniel  Tuttle, 
Abram  Doolittle, 
Lyman  Ives, 
Jesse  Atwater, 
Stephen  Williams, 
Amzi  Stanley, 
Joel  Root, 
John  Beers, 
Davenport  Williams, 
Stephen  Smith, 
Nathaniel  Johnson, 
John  Plymart. 


The  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  the  Lodge  being  opened,  proceeded 
to  the  installation  of  Day  S23ring  Lodge,  in  Hamden.  The 
charter  being  read  by  the  Secretary,  Bro.  Samuel  Bellamy  was 
regularly  constituted,  ordained  and  installed  Worshijaful  Master 
of  Day  Spring  Lodge ;  Bro.  George  A.  Bristol,  Senior  Warden  ; 
Bro.  Amasa  Bradley,  Junior  Warden  ;  Bro.  Ezra  Kimberly, 
Secretary  ;  and  Bro,  Job  Munson,  Treasurer.  The  accustomed 
charges  were  given,  and  the  solemn  duties  of  the  various  officers 
strictly  enjoined  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  in  the  chair. 

The  Grand  Lodge,  having  performed  the  business  for  which 
it  was  called  togther,  was  closed  in  form. 

Attest,     DAVID  DAGGETT,  G.  Secretary,  pro  tern. 


72  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  held  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Ha- 
ven, on  the  14th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1795,  and  of  Ma- 
fonry  5795, 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Grand  Sen.  Warden. 
MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Jun.  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
DAVID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  M.,  St.  John's,  Middletown. 

William  S.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  Norwalk. 

Benjamin  Stiles,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  King  Solomon's  Woodbury. 

Sylvester  Gilbert,  proxy  S.  W.,  Wooster,  Colchester. 

Christopher  Johnson,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield. 

Daniel  Holbrook,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram's,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  and  Jonathan  Burral,  proxy  J.  W., 
Montgomery,  Salisbury. 

Luke  Wadsworth,  proxy  M.,  and  Ezekiel  Scott,  proxy  S.  W., 
Frederick,  Farmington. 

Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  and  William  Munson,  J.  W., 
Hiram,  New  Haven. 

John  Thompson,  M.,  St.  John's,  Stratford. 

Tyrhand  Kirtland,  M.,  Compass,  Wallingford. 

Moses  Cleveland,  M.,  Moriah,  Windham. 

Charles  Merriman,  M.,  and  Aner  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Federal, 
Watertown. 

Ebenezer  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  Huntington. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Roger  Peck,  proxy  S.  W.,  and  Abner 
Bradley,  J.  W.,  Hart's,  Woodbridge. 


1795.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  73 

Samuel  Mott,  proxy  M.,  St.  James'^  Preston. 

Sylvester  Grilbert,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  Tolland. 

Jonathan  0.  Mosely,  M.,  Columbia,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  J.  W.,  and  David  Whittlesey,  proxy 
S.  W.,  Eising  Sun,  Washington. 

Keuben  Champion,  M.,  and  Shubael  G-riswold,  proxy  J.  W., 
Morning  Star,  East  Windsor. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Dayspring,  Hamden. 

John  Talmage,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren. 

Asa  Spaulding,  M.,  Somerset,  Norwich, 

Elias  Perkins,  J.  W.  and  proxy  M.  and  S.  W.,  Union  New 
London. 

Twenty-five  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry, when  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  con- 
sidered and  adopted  : 

Whereas,  It  has  been  represented  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  that 
in  some  few  instances,  persons  have  applied  for,  and  have  been 
initiated  members  of  Lodges,  remote  from  other  Lodges  in  whose 
vicinity  they  dwell ;  and  whereas,  from  such  a  practice  conse- 
quences dangerous  and  disreputable  to  the  Craft  may  arise,  by 
means  of  admitting  members  on  a  slight  or  partial  acquaintance, 
whose  characters  will  not  bear  the  test  of  close  scrutiny — which 
practice  to  prevent. 

Resolved,  That  if  a  candidate  for  initiation  sliall  make  application  to  be  ad- 
mitted into  any  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  when  his  usual 
place  of  residence  is  nearer  to  another  Lodge  than  that  to  which  he  shall  so  apply, 
his  name,  if  the  Lodge  direct,  may  be  entered  on  the  books ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Secretary  of  said  Lodge  to  communicate  information  in  writing,  with- 
out delay,  of  such  application,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  other  Lodge,  and  request 
of  him  to  know  whether  there  is  any  objection  from  that  Lodge  to  the  admission 
of  the  applicant.  And  if  it  shall  be  determined  in  open  stated  Lodge,  that  there 
are  any  real  objections  to  his  person  or  character,  which  determination  shall  be 
had  by  ballot,  in  the  same  way  as  for  the  initiation  of  a  candidate ;  then  it  shall 
be  the  indispensable  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Lodge  last  mentioned,  forthwith 
to  transmit  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  said  Lodge  on  this  subject,  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Lodge  to  whom  application  was  first  made — and  the  applicant  shall 
not  be  admitted.    And  no  candidate,  under  the  circumstances  above  mentioned, 

10 


74  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

shall  be  initiated  within  the  term  of  three  mouths  from  and  after  the  time  he  was 
first  proposed.  This  will  not  be  considered  as  effecting  any  person  living  within 
the  limits  of  a  town  where  there  is  a  regularly  established  Lodge,  though  he 
may  be  nearer  to  a  Lodge  in  another  town, — anything  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. 

Resolved,  That  whenever  a  candidate  for  initiation  is  proposed  to  any  Lodge 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  not  accepted,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Secretary,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  communicate  information  thereof  to  the 
Grand  Secretary,  to  be  by  him  transmitted  to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State. 
Provided,  nevertheless,  that  no  communication  is  to  be  made  of  any  who  should 
be  rejected  merely  on  account  of  non  age. 

Resolved,  That  in  future  no  charter  shall  be  granted  for  the  formation  of  a  new 
Lodge,  until  the  Master  elect  has  been  examined  wfth  regard  to  his  knowledge  in 
the  Masonic  Art,  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  a  committee  by  them  appointed  and 
approved.  And  that  the  Senior  and  Junior  Wardens  shall  in  like  manner  be  ex- 
amined by  the  officers  of  some  neighboring  Lodge,  and  be  by  them  recommended 
to  the  Grand  Lodge,  if  well  qualified. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of  Har- 
winton  and  its  vicinity,  praying  for  a  charter  to  establish  a  new 
Lodge,  was  presented  and  read.  Sundry  remarks  having  been 
made  thereon,  the  further  consideration  was  postponed  until 
the  next  Grand  Communication  ;  and  Brs.  Kirby  and  Mix  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  proposed  Master,  and 
report. 

Resolved,  That  our  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  be  requested  to  make  a  visit, 
either  by  himself  or  by  some  suitable  person  or  persons,  which  he  shall  appoint 
for  that  purpose,  to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  acknowledging  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Grand  Lodge,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing  a  uniformity  in  working, 
and  that  the  expense  thereof  be  defrayed  from  the  funds  of  this  Lodge. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  will  proceed  to  give  numbers  to  the  several 
Lodges  holding  charters  under  them,  at  the  next  communication. 

Ordered,  That  the  Secretary,  at  the  close  of  every  Grand 
Lodge,  shall  collect  and  arrange  their  proceedings,  cause  them 
to  be  printed,  and  transmitted  to  the  several  Lodges  in  this 
State  and  elsewhere,  as  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master 
shall  direct.  A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1796.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  75 

MAY  SESSION,  1796. 
At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  18th  of 
May,  A.  D.  1796,  and  of  Mafonry,  5796, 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

R.  W.  SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Grand  Sen.  Warden,  p.  t. 
EPHRAIM  ROOT,  Grand  Jun.  Warden,  p.  t. 
EBENEZER  HUNTINGTON,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
DAVID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT. 

Seth  Overton,  proxy  M.,  Thomas  Leverett,  S.  W.,  and  Sam- 
uel Canfield,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  Middletown. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  and  Timothy  Burr,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
Hartford. 

Elkanah  Mead,  S.  W.,  and  proxy  M.,  Union,  Greenwich. 

Taylor  Sherman,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  Norwalk. 

David  Talman,  proxy  M.  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury. 

Ashhel  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  Stratford. 

John  Allyn,  M.,  and  Aaron  Smith,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's, 
Litchfield. 

Daniel  Holbrook,  proxy  M.  and  S.  W.,  King  Hiram's,  Derby. 

Adonijah  Strong,  proxy  M.,  and  Jonathan  Burral,  proxy  S. 
W.,  Montgomery,  Salisbury. 

Coral  Case,  proxy  M.,  and  Solomon  Cowles,  S.  W.,  Frederick, 
Farmington. 

Samuel  Woodruff,  M.,  and  Samuel  Hall,  proxy,  S.  W., 
Compass  Wallingford. 

Lemuel  Grosvenor,  proxy  M.,  Moriali,  Windham. 

Seldon  Spencer,  proxy  M.,  and  Noah  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Tem- 
ple, Cheshire. 


76  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Aner  Bradley,  M.,  Eleazer  Judd,  S.  W.,  Federal,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  proxy  M.  Hiram,  Newtown. 

Henry  Curtis,  S.  W.,  Washington,  Huntington, 

Stej)lien  Cole,  M.,  Berlin,  Berlin. 

Philo  Buggies,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford. 

Roger  Peck,  proxy  M.,  Hart's,  Woodbridge. 

Luther  Spaulding,  M.,  St.  James',  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Uriel,  Tolland. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  S.  W.,  and  David  Whittlesey,  proxy 
J.  W.,  Rising  Sun,  Washington. 

Reuben  Champion,  M.,  Wait  Goodrich,  proxy  S.  W.,  and 
Griles  Loomis,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor. 

Reuben  Humphrey,  M.,  George  Humphrey,  S.  W.,  and  Aza- 
riah  Wilcox,  proxy  J.  W.,  Tillage,  West  Simsbury. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  and  i)roxy  J,  W.,  Union,  New  London. 

Daniel  Hill,  proxy  S,  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren. 

Elizur  Andrews,  proxy  M.,  Friendship,  Southington. 

Asa  Spaulding,  M.,  Bbenezer  Huntington,  S.  W.,  and  Sam- 
uel Huntington,  proxy  J.  W.,  Somerset,  Norwich. 

Samuel  Bellamy  M.,  Dayspring  Hamden. 

John  T.  Peters,  proxy  S.  W.,  Wooster,  Colchester, 

David  Daggett,  M.,  Hiram,  New  Haven. 

Thirty-two  Lodges  represented. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  elected 
to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  viz : 

M,  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Grand  Sen.  Warden. 
ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Grand  Jun.  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
DAVID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon, 


1796.]        GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  77 

The  officers  present  were  severally  congratulated  upon  their 
respective  appointments,  by  the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

The  Lodge  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  petition  presented 
in  October  last,  by  the  brethren  residing  in  Harwinton,  &c. 
The  committee  then  appointed  to  examine  the  Master  elect, 
reported  that  they  had  performed  the  service,  and  found  him  to 
be  well  qualified.     "Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  a  charter  of  dispensation  be  granted  to  the  petitioners,  forming 
them  into  a  regular  Lodge,  to  be  holden  in  the  town  of  Harwinton  aforesaid ;  and 
that  our  Worshipful  Brother  Christopher  Johnson,  be  first  Master ;  also,  the  offi- 
cers named  in  the  petition,  be  confirmed  in  their  respective  oflaces.  The  Lodge 
to  be  named  "  Aurora." 

A  petition  was  presented  from  several  brethren  residing  in  the 
town  of  Granby  and  its  vicinity,  praying  for  the  establishment 
of  a  Lodge  in  said  Granby,  in  the  society  of  Turkey  Hills,  by 
the  title  of  "  St.  Mark's."     Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  a  charter  be  issued  accordingly,  and  that  our  Worshipful  Bro. 
Andrew  Hillyer,  be  first  Master,  and  the  other  officers  confirmed  in  their  re- 
spective appointments  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  petition. 

On  the  petition  of  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of 
Canaan,  Norfolk,  Colebrook,  and  Winchester,  to  erect  a  Lodge 
in  said  Norfolk — 

Resolved,  That  the  prayer  be  granted,  and  that  a  commission  be  issued  under 
the  designation  of  the  "  Western  Star ;"  our  Worshipful  Bro.  Giles  Pettibone,  Jr., 
to  be  first  Master,  and  the  other  officers  as  named  in  said  petition. 

A  communication  from  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Massachusetts 
was  presented  and  read.  Sundry  remarks  having  been  made 
thereon,  the  further  consideration  thereof  was  postponed  until 
the  next  Grand  Lodge. 

A  petition  and  statement  of  sundry  matters  of  grievance  and 
complaint  from  Bro.  Angus  Nicholson,  of  New  Milford,  against 
Brs.  Nicholas  S.  Masters  and  David  Beers,  of  said  New  Milford, 
was  presented  and  read.     Whereupon, 

Resolved,  As  the  opinion  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  that  recourse  ought  to  be  first 
had  to  the  Lodge  or  Lodges  to  which  the  parties  respectively  belong,  before  ap- 
plication can  be  regularly  made  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 


78 


GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Resolved,  That  in  future  no  Entered  Apprentice  shall  be  passed  to  the  degree 
of  Fellow  Craft,  or  a  Fellow  Craft  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason, 
in  a  different  Lodge  from  that  wherein  he  was  initiated,  or  within  whose  limits 
he  actually  resides,  without  a  concurrence  of  the  Lodge  in  which  he  was  so  in- 
itiated, first  had  and  obtained ;  which  concurrence  shall  be  signified  by  ballot,  in 
the  same  way  as  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate. 

Resolved,  That  the  Masters  of  the  several  Lodges  acknowledging  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Grand  Lodge,  be  directed  personally  to  attend  the  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  their  Lodge  Room,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  the  day  after 
the  communication  in  October  next,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  on  business  of  impor- 
tance. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  annex  numbers  to  the  sev- 
eral Lodges  holding  jurisdiction  under  this  Grand  Lodge,  agreeably  to  the  dates 
of  their  respective  charters,  and  transmit  them  with  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

List  of  Lodges  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  with  the  numbers 
to  them  respectively  belonging,  agreeably  to  the  dates  of  their 
charters  : 


No. 

20  BERLtx— Berlin, 

21  St.  Peter's — New  Milford, 

22  Hart's — Woodbridge, 

23  St.  James' — Preston, 

24  Uriel— Tolland, 

25  Columbia — Stepney, 

26  Columbia — East  Haddam. 

27  Rising  Sux — Washington, 

28  Morning  Star — East  Windsor, 

29  Village — West  Simsbury, 

30  Day  Spring — Hamden, 

31  Union — -New  London, 

82  Meridian  Sun — Warren, 

33  Friendship — Southington, 

34  Somerset — Norwich, 

35  Aurora — 'Harwinton, 

36  St.  Mark's— Turkey  Hills, 

37  Western  Star — Norfolk. 


No. 

1  Hiram — ^New  Haven, 

2  St.  John's — Middletown, 

3  St,  John's — Fairfield, 

4  St.  John's — Hartford, 
6  Union — ^Greenwich, 

6  St.  John's — Norwalk, 

7  King  Solomon's — Woodbury, 

8  St.  John's — Stratford, 

9  Compass — Wallingford, 

10  WoosTER — Colchester, 

11  St.  Paul's — Litchfield, 

12  King  Hiram — Derby, 

13  Montgomery — Salisbury, 

14  Frederick — Farmington, 

15  Moriah — Windham  County, 

16  Temple — Cheshire, 

17  Federal — Watertown, 

18  Hiram — Newtown, 

19  Washington — Huntington, 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  there  is  a  Lodge  in  Danbury, 
formed  before  the  Grand  Lodge  was  constituted,  that  has  neither 
applied  for  nor  received  a  charter  under  this  jurisdiction. 
A  true  extract  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1796.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  79 

OCTOBER  SESSION,  1796. 
At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Affem- 
bly  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
19th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1796,  and  of  Mafonry,  5796 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  William  Judd,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  Samuel  Wyllys,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Ephraim  Kirby,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  AsHBEL  Baldwin,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  David  Daggett,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

members  present  : 

Hezekiali  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Will'm  Munson,  J.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  M.,  Samuel  Canfield,  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  2,  Middletown. 

Wm.  Heron,  proxy  M.,  Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  S.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Samuel  Jarvis,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Phineas  Miller,  M.,  Matthew  Mead,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Benjamin  Stiles,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodhury. 

Matthias  Nichol,  M,,  Ashbel  Baldwin,  proxy  S.  W.,  Benja- 
min Hall,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

John  Allyn,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Daniel  Holbrook,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  M.,  Jonathan  Bun-al,  proxy  J.  W.,  Montgome- 
ry, No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  S.  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Jedediah  Johnson,  proxy  J.  W.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Windham. 


80  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Selden  Spencer,  proxy  M.,  Noah  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Jonathan 
Hall,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Charles  Merriman,  M.  ;  Saml.  Martin,  S.  W.,  Gideon  Hoad- 
ley,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  Eeuhen  H.  Booth,  proxy  J.  W., 
Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Stephen  Babbit,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Stephen  Cole,  M.,  Berlin,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Buggies,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Thomas  Eiggs,  J.  W.,  Hart's,  No.  22, 
Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  Ebenezer  Morgan,  J  .W.,  St,  James',  No, 
23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittelsey,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Wait  Goodrich,  proxy  M.,  Elijah  Boardman,  proxy  S.  W., 
Jedediah  Mills,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Gibbons  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  EastHaddam. 

David  Whittelsey,  proxy  M.,  Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  S.  W., 
Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Eeuben  Champion,  M.,  Dimon  Colton,  proxy  S,  W.,  Shubsel 
Griswold,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

John  Bestor,  proxy  M.,  George  Humphrey,  S.   W.,  Asher 
Humphrey,  proxy  J.  W.,  Village,  No,  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Josiah  Eoot,  S,  W.,  Job  Munson,  proxy 
J,  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Tallmadge,  M.,  Lysander  Curtis,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Sun, 
No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Asa  Spalding,  proxy  M.,  John  Tyler,  proxy  J.  W.,  Somerset, 
No.  34,  Norwich. 

Christopher  Johnson,  M.,  Joel  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No, 
35,  Harwinton. 

Andrew  Hillyer,  M.,  Joseph  Jewett,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Mark's, 
No.  36,  Turkey  Hills. 

Giles  Pettibone,  Jr.,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk, 
Thirty-four  Lodges  represented. 


1796.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  81 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  tlie  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
when  the  consideration  of  the  communication  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  presented  last  May,  was  resumed,  and 
after  a  lengthy  and  critical  discussion,  a  committee  was  chosen, 
consisting  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  Brs.  Kirby  and  Mix,  to 
report  the  draught  of  sundry  resolutions  thereon,  together  with 
a  suitable  letter  to  accompany  the  same,  in  answer. 

A  j)etition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Weston,  in  the 
county  of.  Faii-field,  and  towns  adjacent,  praying  to  be  fonned 
into  a  new  Lodge,  was  presented  and  read  ;  whereupon,  it  was 
voted,  that  the  consideration  of  said  petition  be  postponed  till 
the  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  May  next,  and  that  Broth- 
ers Ephraim  Kirby  and  Ashbel  Baldwin  be  a  committee  to  ex- 
imine  the  Master  elect,  and  report  at  that  time. 

Resolved,  That  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State  be  directed  to  make  returns  to 
the  Grand  Lodge,  at  their  communication  in  IMay  next,  of  the  names  of  the  mem- 
bers composing  their  respective  Lodges  ;  also,  a  semi-annual  return  of  those  who 
shall  be  admitted  into  each  and  every  Lodge  from  and  after  that  time,  togetlier 
with  a  list  of  all  rejections,  suspensions  and  expulsions  that  may  occur ;  and  on 
failure  thereof,  they  shall  pay  a  penalty  of  five  dollars  to  the  funds  of  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  adjourned  till  to-morrow 
at  5  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Thurfday,  Oct.  20th,  1796. 

The  Grand  Lodge  convened  again,  at  5  o'clock,  agreeable  to 
adjournment.     Present,  as  above. 

The  committee  appointed  yesterday,  on  the  subject  of  the 
communication  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  re- 
ported the  following  draught  of  a  letter,  together  with  the  reso- 
lutions subjoined. 

Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts. 
Worshipful  Brethren  : — The  fraternal  communication  with  which  3-ou  were 
pleased  to  honor  us,  in  January  last,  has  been  received.  We  feel  strongly  im- 
pressed with  the  sentiment,  that  philanthropy  and  the  love  of  the  Craft  is  the 
basis  of  our  Order,  and  that  everything  which  promotes  harmony,  good  fellow- 
ship, and  social  intercourse,  oiight  to  be  specially  regarded  by  the  Grand  Lodges 
of  the  United  States. 

11 


82  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct 

We  accept  your  Book  of  Constitutions,  with  much  gratitude,  and  humbly  re- 
ciprocate your  supplication,  that  the  Author  of  Light  may  shed  on  you,  and  on 
the  whole  of  our  Order,  his  most  benign  influence. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  have  taken  into  consideration  the  subject 
matter  of  your  communication,  and  have  passed  the  resolutions  hereimto  an- 
nexed : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  will  not  grant  charters  of  erection  or  dispen- 
sation to  any  number  of  Masons  residing  out  of  this  State,  in  any  other  State 
where  there  is  a  Grand  Lodge  already  established,  except  it  shall  be  shown  to 
this  Lodge  by  the  petitioners  that  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the  State  where  they  re- 
side acquiesce  therein. 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  will  not  hold  communication  or  correspond- 
ence with  any  Mason  or  Masons,  citizens  of  any  of  the  United  States,  Lodge;Or 
Lodges,  who  hold  authority  under,  and  acknowledge  the  supremacy  of  any  for- 
eign Grand  Lodge,  or  who  do  not  by  their  representatives,  communicate  and  pay 
their  dues  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  where  they  are  constituted  or  where 
thej'  reside. 

It  was  voted,  tliat  the  preceding  report  of  the  committee  be 
accepted,  and  confirmed  as  the  act  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and 
that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  transmit  an  authenti- 
cated copy  thereof  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts. 

Whereas,  it  has  been  found,  from  observation,  that  different 
Lodges  have  adopted  some  different  modes  of  working,  and  as 
greater  uniformity  in  that  respect  is  an  object  highly  to  be  de- 
sired ;  therefore,  be  it  resolved,  that  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master, 
the  E.  W.  Senior  and  Junior  Grand  Wardens,  together  with 
Brs.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Keuben  Champion,  Ashbel  Bald- 
win, Samuel  Bellamy,  Moses  Cleveland  and  Consider  Sterry,  be 
and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a  committee  on  the  above  sub- 
ject, to  convene  at  the  Lodge  Eoom  in  the  city  of  Hartford,  on 
the  third  Tuesday  of  Februaiy  next,  at  2  o'clock,  P.  M.,  to 
confer  on  said  business  ;  and  the  Masters  of  the  several  Lodges 
are  hereby  enjoined  to  attend  personally,  with  the  officeis  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  at  the  same  place,  on  the  day  of  the  Grand  Com- 
munication in  May  next,  at  8  o'clock,  A.  M.,  for  the  purpose  of 
receiving  instruction  in  the  work. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted,  as  an  addition  to  the 
permanent  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

Resolved,  That  when  any  Lodge  shall  have  incurred  a  penalty,  by  the  breach  of 
any  By-Law  or  Ordinance  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand 


1796.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  83 

Secretary  to  inform  the  Master  that  such  penalty  is  incurred ;  and  in  case  said 
penalty  be  not  paid  to  the  Secretary  before  the  next  Grand  Communication,  it 
shall  then  be  his  duty  to  report  such  negligent  Lodge  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Ordered,  That  the  numbers  of  the  several  Lodges,  as  pub- 
lished and  transmitted  by  the  G-rand  Secretary,  agreeable  to  the 
order  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  the  only  numbers  by  which 
they  are  to  be  known  and  designated  ;  and  that  each  Lodge  is 
hereby  directed  to  insert  in  their  charter  the  number  to  them 
respectively  belonging. 

Whereas  the  duties  devolving  on  the  Grand  Secretary  are 
many  and  various,  in  the  performance  of  which  considerable 
time  must  necessarily  be  expended  ;  therefore,  be  it  resolved, 
that  the  Grand  Secretary  receive  from  the  treasury  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  twenty-five  dollars  per  annum,  as  a  compensation  for  his 
services,  to  commence  on  the  1st  of  October,  A.  D.  1795,  and 
that  he  be  reimbursed  all  his  actual  expenses  in  behalf  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  as  he  shall  from  time  to  time  present  his  bills. 

A  true  extract  from  the  minutes. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


84  GKAND  LODGE    OF    CONNECTICNT.  [May, 

MAY  SESSION,  1797. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  held  at  the  Lodge  Ropm  in  the  City  of  Hartford, 
on  the  17th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1797,  and  of  Mafonry  5797, 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Grand  Sen.  Warden. 
ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Grand  Jun.  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
DAVID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  I 

Peter  Johnson,  M.,  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  M.,  Samuel  Canfield,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Lacey,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

Timothy  Burr,  M.,  EHsha  Babcock,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford. 

Jabez  Fitch,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

John  Canon,  proxy  S.  W.,  Matthew  Marvin,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbuiy. 

Ashbel  Baldwin,  M.,  Benjamin  Hall,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  8,  Stratford. 

Samuel  Woodruff,  M.,  Asahel  Benham,  S.  W.,  Compass, 
No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Eliphalet  Bulkley,  M.,  Samuel  A.  Peters,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
R.  Watrous,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Jesse  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Sheldon  Curtis,  proxy  J.  W.,  King 
Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


1797.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  85 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Hart,  M.,  Luke  Wads  worth,  proxy  S.  W.,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Daniel  Putnam,  proxy  S.  W.,  Jedediah  Johnson,  proxy  J. 
W.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Windham  County. 

David  Badger,  M.,  Levi  Douglass,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Aner  Bradley,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Henry  Curtis,  M.,  Le  Grand  M.  Lewis,  proxy  S.  W.,  Wash- 
ington, No.  19,  Huntington. 

James  Percival,  Jr.,  M.,  Elnathan  Smith,  S.  W.,  John  War- 
ner, J.  W.,  Berlin,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Ruggles,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Jared  Byington,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Joshua  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  John  Ripley,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
Babcock,  J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Jedediah  Mills,  S.  W.,  Wait  Goodrich,  proxy  J.  W.,  Colum- 
bia, No.  25,  Stepney. 

Samuel  P.  Lord,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

David  Bissell,  proxy  M.,  Giles  Loomis,  S.  W.,  Shubael  Gris- 
wold,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Solomon  Everest,  S.  W.,  Azariah 
Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  Lyman  Law,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union,  No.  31, 
New  London. 

Joseph  Peters,  J.  W.  and  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32, 
Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Joel  Root,  J.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

Ebenezer  Huntington,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Christopher  Johnson,  M.,  Joel  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Frederick 
Phelps,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 


86  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Andrew  Hillyer,  M.,  Appleton  Bobbins,  S.  W.,  Isaac  Owen, 
J.  W.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Giles  Pettibone,  Jr.,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 
Thirty-six  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE.  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respective- 
ly, viz  : 

M.  W.  William  Judd,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Samuel  Wyllys,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Ephraim  Kirby,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Eliphalet  Bulkley,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  David  Daggett,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  congratulated  upon  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, and  invested  with  the  jewels  of  their  different  offices  by 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in 
the  town  of  Guilford,  stating  that  a  short  time  previous  to  the 
late  revolution  they  had  procured  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Massachusetts  a  charter,  incorporating  them  into  a  regular 
Lodge,  with  all  the  powers,  privileges  and  immunities  thereunto 
belonging  ;  that  in  the  year  A.  D.  1776,  from  the  general  ca- 
lamities of  the  war  and  their  exposed  situation  to  the  ravages 
of  the  enemy,  they  became  so  dispersed  that  they  have  not  since 
that  time  ever  congregated  or  holden  a  Lodge  under  authority 
or  by  virtue  of  said  charter  ;  also  joraying  that  this  Grand  Lodge 
would  be  pleased  to  recognize  their  said  charter,  and  grant  them 
a  new  one  in  the  same  way  and  manner  as  to  other  regularly  es- 
tablished Lodges  within  their  jurisdiction  :  whereupon  resolved, 
That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  issue  a  new  charter 


1797.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  87 

agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  petition,  free  from  any  expense 
except  his  fee  of  office  ;  that  the  Lodge  take  the  number  next 
in  succession  on  the  list  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  that  it  be 
known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  "  St.  Alban's." 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  at  Weston, 
&c.,  presented  last  Grand  Communication,  was  again  resumed  ; 
the  committee  appointed  at  that  time  to  examine  the  Master 
elect,  reported  that  they  had  attended  to  his  examination  and 
found  him  well  qualified.  A  similar  report  was  also  made  by 
the  ofiicers  of  St  John's  Lodge,  Ko.  3,  Newfield,  in  favor  of  the 
proposed  Wardens  :  whereupon  resolved,  That  a  charter  of  dis- 
pensation be  granted  to  the  jietitioners,  forming  them  into  a 
regular  Lodge,  to  be  holden  in  the  town  of  Weston  aforesaid  ; 
and  that  our  Worshipful  Brother,  William  Heron,  be  first  Mas- 
ter, and  the  other  officers  confirmed  in  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, agreeably  to  the  j)rayer  of  said  petition,  the  Lodge  to  be 
known  by  the  name  of  "  Ark." 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Brookfield,  pray- 
ing to  be  formed  into  a  new  Lodge,  was  presented  and  read  ; 
sundry  observations  having  been  made  thereon,  the  further  con- 
sideration was  postponed  until  the  Grand  Communication  in 
October  next. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Salem,  praying  for 
the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  there,  was  presented  and  read, 
and  after  a  lengthy  discussion  was  negatived. 

The  following  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  be  requested  to  appoint  a  Chaplain  for 
this  Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  Tliat  a  committee  be  appointed  to  take  into  consideration  the  general 
state  of  Masonry  within  this  jurisdiction,  and  report  make  to  the  next  Grand 
communication,  what  ought,  in  their  opinion,  to  be  further  done  for  the  health 
and  prosperity  of  the  various  Masonic  Arts ;  and  that  our  M.  W.  Grand  Master, 
Brs.  Hosmer,  Kirby,  Bulkley  and  Mix  compose  this  committee. 

Resolved,  as  the  desire  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  That  a  sermon  be  preached  in  the' 
brick  meeting  house  in  New  Haven,  on  the  day  of  the  Grand  Communication  irf 
October  next,  10  o'clock  forenoon,  by  the  Grand  Chaplain ;  the  attendance  of  the 
members  is  expected  and  others  of  the  fraternity  are  invited. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Kev.  Bro.  Ashbel  Bald- 
win Grand  Chaplain. 


88  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4, 
Hartford ;  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford  ;  and  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester,  had  respectively  incurred  a  penalty  by  their  non- 
attendance  at  the  Grand  Communication  in  October  last ;  and 
having  heard  the  reasons  oifered  in  excuse,  by  the  representatives 
of  those  Lodges  respectively — resolved,  That  the  penalty  of  St. 
John's  and  Compass  Lodges  shall  not  be  remitted,  but  that  the 
penalty  on  Wooster  Lodge  shall  be  remitted,  they  having  shown 
to  the  satisfaction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  that  it  did  not  haj^pen 
through  their  negligence  or  inattention. 

R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master  and  Secretary  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  adjust  the  accounts  of  Grand  Treasurer. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1797.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  89 

OCTOBER  SESSION,  1797. 
At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Affem- 
bly  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
18th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1797,  and  of  Mafonry,  5797  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

Si^  MUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

DAVID  DAGGETT,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Grand  Chaplain. 

Bro.  MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Marshal. 

Bro.  DANIEL  HOLBROOK,  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Peter  Johnson,  M.,  William  Munson,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

Samuel  Philips,  proxy  S.  W.,  Wm.  B.  Hall,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Lacy,  M.,  Wm.  Peet,  S.  W.,  Charles  Nichol,  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Taylor  Sherman,  M.,  Matthew  Marvin,  proxy  S.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  Garwood  H.  Cunningham,  S.  W.,  Ben- 
jamin Stiles,  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

John  Benjamin,  S.  W.,  Asa  Curtis,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8, 
Stratford. 

Samuel  Woodruff,  M.,  Tyrhand  Kirtland,  S.  W.,  Compass, 
No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Eliphalet  Bulkley,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

12 


90  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Aaron  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Heber  Stone,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No. 
11,  Litclifield. 

Francis  French,  proxy  M.,  Jesse  Beach,  S.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Elisha  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Hart,  M.,  Solomon  Cowles,  S.  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14, 
Farmington. 

Moses  Cleveland,  M.,  Simon  Davis,  proxy  J.  W.,  Moriah, 
No.  15,  Windham  County. 

David  Badger,  M.,  Seldon  Spencer,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Chauncey  Prindle,  proxy  M.,  Stephen  Porter,  proxy  S.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Solomon  Glover,  S.  W.,  Moses  Shepard, 
J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Henry  Curtiss,  M.,  John  Wilcoxson,  proxy  S.  W.,  Lockwood 
DeForest,  proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

James  Percival,  Jr.,  M.,  Elnathan  Smith,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Har- 
mony, No.  20,  Berlin. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  Philo  Kuggles,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's, 
No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Jarad  Byington,  M.,  Thaddeus  Goodsell,  S.  W.,  Hart's,  No. 
22,  Woodbridge. 

Elisha  Swan,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittelsey,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

JohnNott,  M.,  Jed'h  Mills,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  EastHaddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  William  Cogswell,  proxy  S.  W., 
Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Elihu  Tudor,  proxy  M.,  Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  J.  W.,  Mor- 
ning Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Noah  A.  Phelps,  proxy  S.  W.,  Vil- 
lage, No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Job  L.  Munson,  proxy  S.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Talmadge  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  Piatt  Starr,  J  W.,  Meridian 
Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 


1797.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  91 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Heman  Atwater,  S.«W.,  Joel  Eoot,  J.  W., 
Frienclsliip,  No.  33,  Soiithington. 

John  Tyler,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

James  Brace,  proxy  M.,  Stephen  Graves,  proxy  S.  W.,  Fred- 
erick Phelps,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Andrew  Hillyer,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Samuel  Hurlbut,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk, 

Isaac  Chalker,  M.,  Jedediah  Lathrop,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's, 
No.  38,  Guilford. 

Wm.  Heron,  M.,  Burr  Gilbert,  proxy  S.  W.,  Benjamin  Hall, 
J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Thirty-six  Lodges  represented, 

IN  AMPLE   FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry ;  when,  agreeable  to  the  resolution  adopted  at  the  Grand 
Communication  in  May  last,  a  procession  was  formed,  from  the 
Lodge  Room  to  the  brick  meeting-house,  where  a  well  adapted 
discourse  was  delivered,  before  a  very  crowded  audience,  by  our 
Rev.  Brother  Ashbel  Baldwin,  Grand  Chaplain. 

After  the  jjublic  services  at  the  meeting-house,  the  procession 
returned  to  the  Lodge  Room,  when  the  following  resolution  was 
unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  given  to  Rev.  Bro.  Baldwin, 
for  his  most  excellent  discourse,  delivered  this  day  in  the  brick  meeting-house, 
before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  assembled  at  their  semi-annual  communication  ;  and  that  the  Right 
Worshipful  Brothers  Ephraim  Kirby,  Eliphalet  Bulkley  and  Henry  Champion,  be 
a  committee  to  wait  on  Bro.  Baldwin,  and  request  a  copy  for  publication,  and  al- 
so to  present  him  with  the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars,  as  a  gratuity  from  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
to  take  into  consideration  the  general  state  of  Masonry  within 
this  jurisdiction,  made  their  report,  and  after  a  lengthy  and 
critical  discussion,  the  following  regulations  were  adopted : 

Resolved,  That,  hereafter  no  member  of  any  Lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
this  Grand  Lodge,  who  has  not  received  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason, 
shall  be  permitted  to  propose  any  candidate  for  admission  into  Masonry,  and  that 
none  be  admitted  but  bv  unanimous  ballot. 


92  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Resolved,  That  eacli  Lodge  under  this  jurisdiction  shall  hereafter  pay  into  the 
funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  upon  each  initiation  into  such 
Lodge  ;  and  that  at  every  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  each 
particular  Lodge  shall  make  accurate  returns  of  all  initiations  since  the  last  pre- 
ceding communication,  and  pay  all  sums  due  thereon. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary,  under  the  direction  of  the  Grand  Master, 
cause  the  Constitution,  By-Laws,  Ordinances,  Resolutions  and  other  Proceedings 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  be  printed  in  one  pamphlet,  at  the  expense  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  distributed  to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  and  elsewhere,  as  the 
M.  W.  Grand  Master  shall  direct. 

Resolved,  That  no  brother  shall  be  admitted  into  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  such  as 
are  members  thereof,  except  a  brother  who  is  a  petitioner,  or  a  witness  in  some 
case,  or  invited  in  by  the  Grand  Master  or  presiding  officer. 

Resolved,  That  every  petition  presented  to  this  Grand  Lodge  to  obtain  a  char- 
ter for  a  new  Lodge,  shall  be  read  and  continued  to  the  next  semi-annual  com- 
munication, for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  officers  elect,  and  to  obtain  the  best 
information  respecting  the  character  and  local  situation  of  the  petitioners. 

The  Grand  Secretary  was  directed,  by  vote  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  to  procure  a  copper-plate  G.  Lodge  certificate  to  be  en- 
graved, in  the  English  and  French  languages,  showing  that 
the  bearer  is  a  member  of  a  regular  Lodge  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  which  certificate  shall 
bear  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  attested  by  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary ;  and  any  brother  in  good  standing,  whose  name  has  been 
returned  to  the  Grand  Secretary  as  a  regular  member  of  any 
Lodge  subordinate  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
copy  of  such  certificate,  upon  paying  the  sum  of  one  dollar. 

Union  Lodge,  in  Danbury,  having  formally  acknowledged  the 
jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  presented  a  written  re- 
quest for  a  new  charter,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Secretary 
by  directed  to  issue  a  charter,  agreeable  to  their  request,  free  of 
any  expense,  except  the  customary  fee  of  office,  and  that  said 
Union  Lodge  take  the  number  next  in  succession  on  the  list  of 
the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  consideration  of  the  petidon  presented  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of 
Brookfield  and  vicinity,  praying  for  the  erection  of  a  new  Lodge 
in  said  town,  was  resumed  ;  and  after  a  full  and  fair  discussion 
of  the  merits  of  the  case,  it  was  resolved,  that  a  charter  should 


1797.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  93 

be  granted  to  tlie  petitioners,  forming  tliem  into  a  just  and  reg- 
ular Lodge,  to  be  holden  in  said  Brookfield,  by  the  name  of 
"  Federal,"  and  that  our  Worshipful  Brother  Eli  Perry  be  the 
first  Master,  and  the  other  officers  named  in  said  petition  be 
confirmed  in  their  several  appointments. 

A  charter  was  also  granted  to  several  brethren  residing  in 
the  town  of  Waterbury,  forming  them  into  a  regular  Lodge,  to 
be  denominated  "  Harmony,"  agreeable  to  the  prayer  of  their 
petition  ;  and  our  Worshipful  Brother  Jarad  Byington  was  ac- 
cordingly appointed  the  first  Master,  and  the  other  nominations 
for  officers,  in  said  petition,  were  confirmed  in  their  resj)ective 
offices. 

It  was  likewise  voted,  that  a  charter  for  a  new  Lodge  in  the 
town  of  Killingworth,  be  granted,  agreeable  to  the  petition  of 
brethren  residing  in  that  vicinity  ;  that  our  Worshipful  Broth- 
er Noah  Lester  be  the  first  Master  of  said  new  Lodge,  and  that 
the  other  officers  nominated  in  the  petition  be  confirmed  ;  the 
Lodge  to  bo  designated  by  the  name  of  "  Trinity." 

The  officers  of  each  of  the  above  newly  established  Lodges 
were  duly  examined  by  a  competent  committee,  and  found  to 
be  well  qualified,  before  the  charters  were  granted,  in  conformi- 
ty to  the  regulations  heretofore  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
for  that  purpose. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  communi- 
cations which  he  had  received  from  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New 
Hampshire,  Khode  Island,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland, 
Virginia  and  North  Carolina. 

St.  Paul's  Lodge,  No.  11,  at  Litchfield,  having  been  reported 
delinquent,  in  not  being  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication, the  present  members  from  that  Lodge  requested  that 
no  penalty  should  be  inflicted  on  them  until  the  next  meeting 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  which  time  they  expected  to  show  suf- 
ficient excuse  for  their  non-attendance  ;  which  request  was  com- 
plied with. 

The  Master  of  Compass  Lodge,  No.  9,  Wallingford,  moved 
to  be  indulged  with  a  further  hearing  respecting  the  penalty  in- 
flicted on  that  Lodge  at  the  last  communication  ;  but  the  time 


94  GRAND  LODGE  OF  COXNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

being  far  spent,  it  was  ordered,  tliat  no  proceedings  be  had  in 
the  case,  until  the  Grand  Communication  in  May  next,  when 
they  may  be  permitted  to  offer  such  reasons  in  excuse  as  they 
may  think  proper. 

The  committee  who  were  appointed  to  wait  on  the  Rev.  Bro. 
Baldwin,  and  request  a  copy  of  his  discourse  delivered  before 
the  Grand  Lodge,  this  morning,  for  publication,  reported  that 
the  Grand  Chaplain  had  complied  with  the  request,  and  sub- 
mitted the  following  in  reply  : 

To  the  Most  Worshipful  William  Judd,  Esq.,  Grand  Master,  and  the  other  Offi- 
cers and  Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons of  Connecticut — 

The  discourse  delivered  this  day,  at  their  request,  in  the  brick 
meeting-house,  is  humbly  inscribed,  and  the  coj^y  submitted  to 
their  disposal,  by  their  affectionate  and  faithful  brother, 

AsHBEL  Baldwin. 

New  Haven,  October  18,  A.  L.  5797. 

A  motion  was  made  and  carried  unanimously,  that  the  Grand 
Secretary  have  Bro.  Baldwin's  discourse  printed,  at  the  expense 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  distributed  among  the  members  of 
the  several  Lodges. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grayid  Secretary. 


1797.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  95 

A  DISCOURSE 

DELIVERED  ON  THE  18tH  OF  OCTOBER,  1797,  BEFORE  THE 

Moft  Worfhipful  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connedicut, 

BY    THE    REV.    ASHBEL    BALDWIN,    GRAND    CHAPLAIN. 


St.  Matthew,  Chap.  V,  verse  16 : — Let  your  Light  so  shine  hefore  Men,  that  they 
may  see  your  good  works,  a?id  glorify  your  Father  who  is  in  Heaven. 

"God  is  light,  in  Him  is  no  darkness  at  all;  the  light  shineth  in  darkness  and 
the  darkness  comprehendeth  it  not!"'  When  He  spoke  the  omnipotent  word — 
"  let  there  be  light " — immediately  there  was  light ;  at  His  command  the  light  tri- 
umphed over  darkness,  order  took  place  of  confusion,  and  furnished  with  every 
thing  that  can  accommodate  man,  and  shew  forth  the  eternal  power  and  Godhead 
of  the  Sovereign  Architect  of  the  Universe ;  the  various  Lodges  of  the  solar  sys- 
tem arose  at  His  command,  and  though  composed  of  perishing  matter  and  erected 
on  a  temporary  level,  yet  the  workmanship  has  ennobled  the  materials,  the  hand 
of  the  Almighty  has  bestowed  upon  the  whole,  order,  heauiy  and  strength,  and 
given  us  in  things  visible,  a  glorious  specimen  of  the  celestial  architecture. 

Wherefore  good  and  holy  men  in  every  age  have  taken  particular  delight  in 
setting  forth  the  praises  of  God  in  his  works  of  creation.  And  what  more  sub- 
lime subject  can  engage  the  mind  of  man  1  What  is  more  capable  of  raising  the 
most  exalted  and  noble  ideas  of  the  Supreme  Architect  of  the  Universe  1  Can 
any  person  be  unmoved  with  gratitude  and  veneration,  who  views  that  profusion 
of  wisdom  and  goodness  which  the  works  of  God  every  where  display.  Behold 
the  sun,  that  marvelous  instrument  of  the  Most  High,  that  resplendent  image  of 
his  Maker's  glory,  like  a  bridegroom  going  out  of  his  chamber,  or  as  a  giant  re- 
joicing to  run  his  course — and  to  give  joyous  light  and  genial  warmth  to  all  kin- 
dreds, people  and  languages  that  dwell  under  the  whole  heaven.  Behold  the 
moon  walking  in  silvery  majesty,  offering  to  guide  the  nightly  traveler  by  her 
vicarious  light.  Behold,  likewise,  yonder  orbs  rolling  concentric  through  the 
vast  expanse  of  heaven,  the  seats  of  millions  of  intelligent  beings,  of  whom  it 
may  be,  multitudes  are  employed,  as  we  this  moment  are,  in  admiring  the  works 
of  God.  Turning  our  eyes  upon  the  Lodge  prepared  for  man,  behold  the  lovely 
variety  of  hill  and  dale,  of  land  and  water,  of  nodding  forests,  and  of  waving 
fields  of  plenty.  Whilst  these  scenes  are  made  to  pass  before  us,  can  we  be  silent, 
can  we  forebear  exclaiming  with  the  Psalmist,  "  0  Lord,  how  manifold  are  thy 
works,  in  wisdom  hast  thou  made  them  all." 

We  are  struck  with  astonishment  and  delight  at  beholding  superior  abilities, 
and  the  elegance  of  taste  displayed  in  any  of  the  works  of  human  art ;  but  what 


96  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

are  all  the  works  of  man,  in  their  most  highly  finished  and  perfect  state,  when 
compared  to  the  works  of  God,  the  Great  Architect,  "  who  built  all  things  V 

Well,  then,  might  Moses,  that  great  builder  of  the  Jewish  state,  exult  and  call 
upon  them  to  take  part  with  him  in  his  holy  raptures,  saying  "  ascribe  the  great- 
ness unto  our  God ;  He  is  a  rock,  his  work  is  perfect,  and  all  his  ways  are  judg- 
ment." And  David  thus  triumphantly  sings,  "the  heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God  and  the  firmament  showeth  His  handy  works."  Solomon  the  Grand  Master 
of  Architecture,  who  carried  this  noble  art  to  greater  perfection  than  any  of  his 
predecessors,  when  he  had  finished  that  superb  and  magnificent  building,  the 
Temple,  in  dedicating  it  to  Jehovah,  meekly  inquires  "  will  God  indeed  dwell  in 
houses  made  with  hands  1  Behold  heaven  and  the  heaven  of  heavens  cannot 
contain  Thee,  much  less  this  house  which  I  have  builded!"  Plainly  intimating 
that  the  architecture  of  the  heavens  exceeded  the  Temple  he  had  built,  as  much 
as  that  exceeded  the  meanest  cottage ;  "  and  yet  the  heavens  are  but  a  part  of 
His  ways,  and  how  small  a  portion  of  them  do  we  behold." 

Thus  the  contemplation  of  God,  as  the  Supreme  Architect,  raises  in  the  mind 
at  once,  the  most  exalted  ideas  of  His  power,  wisdom  and  goodness  ;  and  at  the 
same  time  has  a  powerful  tendency  to  excite  in  us  (from  a  sense  of  gratitude)  the 
strongest  desire  of  imitating  this  Supreme  Being  in  those  moral  perfections,  which 
so  greatly  endear  Him  to  us. 

God  is  said  to  be  light,  in  Him  is  no  darkness  at  all ;  this  plainly  means  that 
He  is  possessed  of  every  grace  and  virtue  in  the  highest  perfection ;  whereas,  we 
His  creatures  are  surrounded  by  ignorance,  beclouded  with  darkness,  and  instead 
of  using  the  proper  means  to  obtain  light  and  knowledge,  we  too  generally  suffer 
prejudice  or  self-will  to  darken  the  moral  powers  which  have  any  light  in  them. 
Thus  says  our  Saviour,  "  If  the  light  that  is  in  thee  be  darkness,  how  great  is  that 
darkness." 

The  whole  of  what  is  denoted  light  in  us  may  be  comprehended  in  a  few  words, 
viz:  "  love  to  God  and  love  to  our  fellow-men."  The  man  then,  who  brings  this 
light  into  action,  worships  God  sincerely  and  devoutly.  He  rejoices  at  beholding 
the  virtues  of  good  men,  and  laments  the  vices  of  the  bad ;  he  is  a  father  to  the 
fatherless  and  a  friend  to  the  orphan  and  the  widow.  "  He  is  free  without  dis- 
tinction, and  generous  without  pride ;  affable  without  design,  and  and  condescend- 
ing without  aSectation ;  easy  of  access,  and  ready  to  communicate  ;"  merciful  in 
his  temper,  and  unbiased  in  his  favors ;  open  in  his  heart,  and  liberal  with  his 
hands.  His  mind  is  not  sullied  with  self-love,  nor  his  projects  cramped  by  a  con- 
tracted spirit ;  the  law  of  God  is  the  rule  of  his  conscience,  and  the  service  of  his 
country,  the  glory  of  his  life ;  his  greatest  care  is  to  avoid  oflence,  and  his  pi'iu- 
cipal  want  is  an  object  for  his  charity  ;  he  husbands  his  time  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  appropriate  a  due  proportion  of  it  to  the  service  of  his  God,  to  the  service 
of  himself,  and  to  the  service  of  his  fellow-man.  He  endeavors  to  live  by  rule, 
to  square  his  actions,  and  keep  within  the  compass  of  propriety,  rectitude  and 
truth  ;  in  a  word,  he  casteth  away  everything  unworthy  the  man  and  unworthy 
the  Christian,  so  that  he  may  become  a  fit  material  for  that  spiritual  temple  which 
is  to  be  erected  without  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens. 

Thus  we  learn  that  love  to  God  and  our  neighbor  is  the  light  by  which  we  are 
to  shine,   and  become  resplendent  in  good  works  before  God  and  man, — for 


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1797.]         GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  97 

thus  says  our  text,  "  Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that  they  may  see  your 
good  works  and  glorify  your  Father  who  is  in  heaven."  That  is  "  by  loving  the 
Lord  our  God  with  all  the  heart,  soul,  mind  and  strength."  Let  this  light  also 
shine  before  men,  by  loving  our  neighbors  as  we  ought,  by  being  constant  and 
sincere  in  our  friendship,  faithful  to  our  promises  and  engagements,  and  merciful 
and  charitable  to  all  in  distress.  The  sincerity  of  our  love  to  God  is  evident 
when  we  keep  his  commandments  ;  and  we  are  informed  in  the  sacred  scriptures, 
that  love  is  the  fulfilling  of  the  law — "  he  that  loveth  another  has  fulfiled  the 
law." 

When  love  is  affectionately  warm  and  its  flame  truly  bright,  it  will  naturally 
shine  before  men  by  every  kind  office  and  duty  in  our  power.  It  will  not  vary 
with  every  wind  nor  be  obscured  by  every  cloud,  but  it  will  shine  forth  with  a 
generous,  pure  and  heavenly  flame,  constant  and  unchangeable  as  the  eternal 
source  of  goodness  from  whence  it  flows.  Well,  then,  might  the  Psalmist  say, 
"  How  good  and  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity." 

To  carry  the  social  principles  into  complete  effect,  to  promote  knowledge  and 
useful  arts,  to  harmonize  the  jarring  aSections,  and  to  cultivate  all  the  precepts 
of  religion,  (comprised  in  a  supreme  love  to  God  and  subordinate  love  to  our 
neighbors,)  is  the  professed  design  of  the  fraternity  here  assembled.  Let  every 
one,  then,  who  has  the  honor  to  be  a  member  thereof,  cause  his  light  so  to  shine 
before  men,  that  glory  may  redound  to  God  in  the  highest,  peace  be  promoted 
on  earth,  and  good  will  stream  forth  from  every  heart  to  its  brother.  But  here 
it  may  be  asked,  if  we  are  to  let  our  light  shine  before  men,  may  we  ever  do  any 
good  deeds  in  secret  1  I  answer,  though  on  all  proper  occasions  we  are  to  let 
our  good  actions  appear  before  men,  as  an  honor  to  our  craft  and  as  an  example 
to  the  world ;  yet  we  are  by  no  means  to  get  upon  the  house-top  and  sound  a 
trumpet  at  every  charitable  deed  that  we  do,  nor  go  out  into  the  streets  to  pro- 
claim the  secrets  of  our  Order.  It  may  be  asked,  if  any  society  conceal  their 
rules  and  regulations  from  the  world,  is  it  not  contrary  to  scripture  ?  and  must 
not  the  things  thus  kept  secret  be  either  monstrously  wicked  or  very  trifling  7 
Neither  conclusion  would  be  candid  or  rational.  That  this  society  has  secret 
regulations,  no  Mason  will  deny ;  but  I  trust  that  it  will  be  acknowledged  by  all 
that  the  private  regulations  of  any  society  may  be  such  as  not  to  be  prejudicial 
to  those  who  are  without,  yet  particularly  beneficial  to  its  own  members.  Strata- 
gems have  been  often  used  to  discover  the  Masonic  secrets,  but  in  vain  ;  when 
men  ask  aright  they  will  always  find,  but  until  they  give  the  true  knock  the  door 
will  not  be  opened.  Let  no  one  object  to  us  on  account  of  our  secret  regulations, 
when  he  recollects  that  Solomon  and  the  other  master  builders  of  the  Temple 
confined  the  secrets  of  their  art  to  their  own  order,  and  that  neither  the  hewers 
of  stone  nor  the  bearers  of  burthens  were  permitted  to  associate  with  the  over- 
seers of  the  work.  Let  no  one  object  to  us  on  account  of  our  secret  rules,  when 
he  recollects  likewise,  that  our  blessed  Lord  himself  selected  three  particular 
friends  from  the  Apostles  and  revealed  to  them  certain  things  which  he  charged 
them  to  tell  no  man  of,  not  even  the  other  deciples,  until  the  Son  of  Man  should 
be  risen  from  the  dead.  I  trust  every  wise  and  candid  person  will  be  cautious  of 
censuring  any  institution,  merely  because  he  is  not  acquainted  with  all  its  private 
regulations.    No  society  on  earth  would  choose  to  have  everything  relative  to 

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their  establishment,  regulations  and  practice,  made  public  to  all  the  world.  An 
idle  curiosity  might  indeed  thereby  be  gratified,  or  materials  might  be  obtained 
for  the  hand  of  malice  wherewith  to  be  employed,  but  this  would  be  neither 
profiting  the  world  at  large  nor  bringing  good  to  any  person  in  particular.  In- 
stead of  humoring  this  spirit  of  idle  curiosity,  or  mischief-working  malice,  how 
happy  would  it  be  for  the  world,  if  "  every  man  minded  his  own  business,"  and 
for  all  fraternities  or  societies  of  men,  if  there  were  no  talebearers,  who,  for  the 
pleasure  of  hearing  themselves,  or  for  still  more  pernicious  views,  expose  and 
blab  out  such  things  as  ought  to  continue  under  the  veil  of  secresy,  such  things 
as  are  proper  for  those  to  know  who  come  of  the  knowledge  of  them  "  honestly 
and  lawfully." 

Speaking  or  even  thinking  evil  of  things  one  is  ignorant  of,  is  as  evident  a  mark 
of  both  a  foolish  and  narrow  soul,  as  the  attempt  to  answer  a  question  before  it 
is  put.  It  is  also  a  sure  mark  of  an  uncharitable  temper ;  for  while  charity 
thinketh  no  evil,  uncharitableness  is  full  of  suspicions  and  jealousies — blasts  and 
discredits  the  most  evident  good — and  though  she  cannot  but  behold  good  fruit 
upon  the  tree,  yet  suspects  the  sap  which  nourishes  the  tree  of  a  poisonous  na- 
ture. Uncharitableness  never  fails  to  strengthen  rumors  and  spread  unfavorable 
surmises,  places  things  and  characters  in  the  most  unfavorable  light,  and  gives 
an  unfriendly  turn  to  the  most  innocent  and  unsuspicious  appearances.  She  is 
prejudiced  in  her  opinions,  biased  in  her  judgment,  partial  in  her  reports  and  rash 
in  her  censures. 

But  again,  it  is  said  we  have  vicious  and  immoral  members ;  I  am  ready  to 
acknowledge  that  in  many  instances  there  has  been  too  much  occasion  for  this 
objection  ;  but  the  same  may  be  made  with  equal  propriety  against  the  most  per- 
fect society  on  earth,  for  many  immoral  persons  are  professors  of  Christianity. 
If  among  the  disciples  of  our  blessed  Lord,  who  were  under  his  immediate  gov- 
ernment, and  conversant  in  person  with  him,  one  of  them  was  a  devil ;  how  is  it 
reasonable  to  suppose  that  any  human  society  can  be  guarded  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  prevent  the  admission  of  unworthy  members  1  We  ought,  in  all  cases  to 
make  a  proper  distinction  between  principles  and  the  conduct  of  persons  profess- 
ing those  principles,  and  to  remember  that  all  are  very  apt  to  fall  short  of  their 
professions.  Those  who  object  to  us  on  account  of  unworthiness,  I  presume,  do 
not  know  that  all  disorder,  profaneness  and  immoral  actions  are  strictly  forbid- 
den by  the  very  fundamental  rules  of  Masonry,  and  that  any  member  of  our  so- 
ciety, who  makes  a  practice  of  violating  the  moral  obligations  of  religion,  is  a 
character  as  really  inconsistent  as  a  profligate  professor  of  Christianity ;  there- 
fore, let  it  be  remembered,  that  a  bad  man  never  was,  nor  never  can  be  a  true 
genuine  Mason,  let  his  external  profession  and  his  knowledge  of  unwritten  things 
be  what  they  will.  One  thing  here  I  may  venture  to  mention,  Avithout  the  impu- 
tation of  vanity  or  the  design  of  sounding  the  trumpet  of  Masonic  applause,  and 
that  is,  whilst  other  societies  have  frequently  been  convulsed  by  intestine  com- 
motions, or  well  nigh  torn  in  pieces  by  the  horrors  of  war  or  the  jealousies  of 
state  faction,  the  Masonic  Fraternity  has  from  its  first  commencement  continued 
the  same,  unmoveable,  firm  on  its  basis,  and  abounding  in  works  of  charity. 

Having  taken  a  general  view  of  the  doctrine  contained  in  our  text,  I  will  now 
beg  leave  to  address  myself  to  you,  Most  Worshipful  Master,  and  the  brethren  of 


1797.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  99 

the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State.  First,  let  our  thanks  for  the  indulgence  of  this 
house  wherein  we  are  assembled,  publicly  to  avow  the  Masonic  character,  be  pre- 
sented to  those  to  whom  they  are  due ;  as  also  our  grateful  acknowledgements 
for  the  attendance  of  so  many  respectable  friends  and  fellow-citizens,  who  have 
been  pleased  to  honor  us  with  their  presence.  May  we  at  all  times  so  demean 
ourselves  as  to  merit  the  continuance  of  their  respect  and  esteem. 

On  this  happy  and  auspicious  day,  with  propriety  may  we  felicitate  one  an- 
other, brethren — thus  making  our  first  public  appearance  in  the  high  and  sub- 
lime title  and  privilege  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State ;  and  invoke  the  Sove- 
reign Architect  of  the  Universe  to  visit  us  with  his  love  and  favor,  and  to  build  us 
up  unto  everlasting  glory  and  bliss.  Let  us  be  studious  to  imitate  those  who 
have  been  the  lights  of  the  world  in  their  several  generations,  always  bearing  in 
remembrance  the  most  excellent  virtues  of  the  beloved  disciple,  and  the  zeal  and 
constancy  of  the  Baptist.  Love  to  God  and  love  to  men  is  the  light  by  which 
they  and  all  the  other  saints  of  the  Most  High  shone  during  their  day  of  work 
and  labor ;  and  love  to  God  and  love  to  men  is  the  united  light  by  which  we  are 
to  shine  here  in  grace,  if  ever  we  expect  to  shine  hereafter  in  glory.  These  two 
principles  are  likewise  the  powerfully  supporting  pillars  of  our  Order.  Need  I 
remind  you,  brethren,  that  nature  teaches  us  as  men,  to  be  kindly  affectioned 
one  towards  another ;  and  that  revelation  makes  brotherly  love  to  be  the  very- 
characteristic  of  a  Christian  1  Need  I  remind  you,  that  as  Masons,  you  profess 
yourselves  the  sons  of  mercy,  and  that  therefore  your  benevolence  should  not  be 
narrow  and  partial,  but  free  and  imconfined,  spreading  every  way  like  the  arch 
of  heaven  and  the  light  of  day  1  Of  these  things,  I  trust  ye  stand  not  in  need  of 
being  reminded,  and  as  ye  abound  in  the  knowledge  of  them,  so  let  your  know- 
ledge abound  more  and  more  in  charity  and  good  works ;  let  this  knowledge  never 
puff  up  any  of  you  with  pride,  but  rather  be  made  a  means  of  strengthening  the 
ties  of  friendship  and  brotherly  love,  and  of  expanding  our  hearts  with  gratitude 
to  God  for  his  goodness  to  us  in  continuing  with  us  his  tender  mercies  and  loving 
kindness,  and  vouchsafing  to  us  successive  opportunities  of  meeting  together  to 
brighten  the  chain  of  friendship,  and  trim  our  lamps  of  love. 

Masonry,  my  brethren,  is  frequently  vilified  by  those  who  are  in  darkness,  and 
it  is  sometimes  in  perils  among  false  brethren ;  but  great  is  the  truth,  and  it  will 
prevail.  Truth,  like  the  source  from  which  it  proceeds,  is  immutable,  the  same 
yesterday,  to-day  and  forever.  Be  careful  then,  that  as  ye  profess  to  obey  the 
truth,  ye  preserve  it  inviolable  in  a  holy  conscience,  a  conscience  void  of  offence, 
both  towards  God  and  towards  men.  The  eye  of  God  and  man  are  continually 
upon  you ;  guard  therefore  your  heart  with  all  diligence,  for  out  of  it  are  the 
issues  of  life  and  death ;  set  also  a  watch  before  the  door  of  your  lips,  that 
ye  offend  not  with  your  tongue ;  for  as  that  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  Solo- 
mon taught,  he  that  guardeth  his  mouth  guardeth  his  life.  I  am  not  afraid  nor 
ashamed  to  say,  that  it  becomes  us,  brethren,  to  magnify  by  word  and  render 
honorable  by  deed,  the  ancient  craft  and  mysteries ;  that  like  Aaron  in  his  pon- 
tificals  of  glory  and  beauty,  it  may  appear  amiable  in  the  eyes  of  all  men  as 
having  charity  for  its  principal  characteristic.  "  For  this  end,  says  a  worthy 
brother,*  uniform  obedience  to  the  precepts  of  faith,  hope  and  charity  is  indis- 

*  Rev.  Wm.  Smith,  D.  D.,  Chaplain  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Rhode  Island. 


100  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [Oct. 

pensably  necessary.  Whensoever  a  Mason  has  denied  any  of  these,  he  has  denied 
the  Masonic  as  well  as  the  Christian  faith.  He  hath  given  the  lie  to  his  profes- 
sion, as  a  man,  as  a  Christian,  and  as  a  Mason,  he  hath  chosen  to  walk  in  dark- 
ness, to  abandon  his  profession  of  trust  in  God,  and  to  cast  behind  him  his  de- 
sires of  walking  in  the  light."  But  I  hope  better  things  of  every  one  of  my 
brethren,  and  things  which  accompany  salvation.  "  So  long  as  we  sojourn  in 
this  world,"  says  the  same  brother,  "  it  becotaes  us  rightly  to  divide  our  time,  so 
that  every  portion  of  it  may  know  its  proper  employment.  He  who  is  not  provi- 
dent of  his  time,  will  at  last  be  found  to  have  been  faithless  to  his  employer. 
Prudence  in  the  proper  discharge  of  our  time  will  teach  us  the  necessity  of  being 
careful  in  the  choice  of  our  company ;  every  man  is  known  by  the  company  he 
keeps,  and  the  world  seldom  fails  to  coin  and  give  him  just  such  a  superscription 
and  value  as  he  shall  pass  current  for."  For  this  cause,  and  for  one  of  an  infi- 
nitely higher  magnitude,  I  hope  that  ye  esteem  it  your  bounden  duty  to  demean 
yourselves  so  as  that  ye  may  appear  standard  in  the  Eye  of  Him  who  alone  holds 
the  balance  of  equity,  and  who  is  of  purer  eyes  than  to  behold  iniquity.  We 
are  continually  under  the  All-seeing  Eye,  in  the  presence  and  under  the  power 
of  the  omnipotent,  omniscient,  and  omnipresent  Architect  of  the  Universe,  who 
is  now  the  witness  of  all  our  actions  and  will  finally  be  our  impartial  judge. 
With  regard  to  God,  we  are  continually  in  his  presence,  supported  by  his  power, 
and  preserved  by  his  providence  ;  with  regard  to  ourselves,  at  different  times, 
and  in  different  places,  we  may  be  said  (humanly  speaking)  to  be  more  or  less 
immediately  in  his  presence.  Whenever  we  intentionally  present  ourselves  be- 
fore God  with  propriety,  then  does  the  voice  of  revelation  and  of  reason  call  upon 
us  "  to  put  off  our  shoes  from  off  the  feet,  for  the  place  whereon  we  stand  is  holy 
ground.'"  Whenever  a  true  and  well  enlightened  Mason  hears  this  command, 
the  precepts  of  humility,  obedience,  and  self-abasement  before  God,  with  the  long 
train  of  reciprocal  human  duties  flock  to  his  remembrance  and  claim  his  attention. 
Suffer  me  then,  brethren,  to  exhort  you  to  watch  faithfully  over  the  holy  pave- 
ment of  your  Lodges,  lest  the  eye  of  idle  curiosity  at  any  time  break  through  to 
gaze ;  suflTer  not  the  feet  of  the  deceiver,  nor  of  the  adulterer,  nor  of  the  perjured, 
nor  of  the  injurious  slanderer,  nor  of  the  fraudulent  circumventor,  nor  of  the  un- 
charitable censurer,  to  pollute  any  of  your  hallowed  floors ;  suffer  not  the  breath 
of  the  liar,  nor  of  the  swearer,  nor  of  the  blasphemer,  nor  of  the  daring  scoffer  at 
divine  things,  to  contaminate  the  air  that  fills  your  consecrated  Lodges,  lest  the 
pure  spirit  of  unity  and  love  be  compelled  to  forsake  you,  and  the  foul  demon  of 
discord  and  variance  intrude  in  his  room. 

"  Nothing  contributes  more,"  says  the  same  worthy  Brother  Smith,  "  to  bring 
stains  and  blemishes  upon  Masonry,  than  such  characters  that  creep  into  a  Lodge 
by  the  sneaking  contrivances  of  fraud,  or  are  let  in  through  the  lattice  by  the 
perverted  hand  of  friendship.  No  engine  should  ever  be  employed  to  gain  ad- 
mission into  our  Lodges  for  unworthy  candidates,  let  them  knock  ever  so  long 
and  loud.  I  say,  no  key  should  ever  be  employed  to  turn  the  wards  of  those 
otherwise  impenetrable  recesses  of  secrecy,  viHue  and  science,  but  only  the 
tongue  of  good  report,  a  fair  and  general  good  name,  a  being  well  spoken  of  by 
those  who  are  without  as  well  as  those  who  are  within.  Even  characters  which 
are  not  directly  worthy  of  crimination,  but  only  blotted  by  the  inky  hand  of  sus- 


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picion,  ought  never  to  be  permitted  to  take  part  in  the  Masonic  ministrations. 
That  a  man  be  worthy  of  entering  the  sacred  inclosure,  and  of  being  numbered 
with  the  sons  of  emblematical  science,  it  is  necessary  that  he  be  like  the  wife  of 
Caesar,  not  only  free  from  crimes,  but  free  from  suspicion. 

Again,  let  no  one  use  the  power  which  he  has,  of  preventing  those  from  with- 
out becoming  members  of  this  society,  merely  from  difierence  of  opinion  and  sen- 
timents, private  pique  or  prejudice,  or  indeed  from  any  principle  but  that  of  un- 
worthiness.  Let  no  one  be  debarred  the  privileges  of  this  society  who  ask  aright ; 
if  he  be  worthy  and  tvell  qualified,  if  he  is  duly  and  truly  prepared,  let  him  be 
received. 

But  again,  let  us  remember,  my  brethren,  that  the  great  object  of  this  institu- 
tion is  charity.  Oh,  that  some  permanent  measures  could  be  adopted  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  to  establish  a  fund  which  should  at  all  times  be  open  to  supply  the 
wants  of  the  poor  and  distressed.  It  becomes  not  me  to  dictate  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  who  have  it  in  their  power  to  establish  a  fund  for  this  benevolent  purpose ; 
your  wisdom  will  suggest  the  ways  and  means.  With  the  utmost  humility,  I 
have,  as  your  Chaplain,  taken  the  liberty  to  suggest  the  hint ;  may  the  God  of 
benevolence,  the  Father  of  mercies  incline  you  to  take  it  into  serious  considera- 
tion, and  may  that  wisdom  which  is  from  above  direct  you  to  the  most  effectual 
method  of  establishing  and  endowing  such  a  permanent  charity.  To  this  end, 
the  Masonic  society  was  formed,  that  happiness  might  be  difiused  equally  among 
all  its  members.  "  For  though  it  deprives  no  man  of  the  honors  due  to  his  char- 
acter, yet  it  reduces  all  men  to  a  pleasing  and  rational  equality,  it  commands  us 
to  be  industrious  in  acquiring,  temperate  in  using,  and  charitable  in  distribut- 
ing the  good  things  of  this  life.  Oh  charity,  fair  daughter  of  heaven,  and  bright 
image  of  God  !  at  thine  altar  let  others  offer  the  fruit  of  their  lips,  but  with  lib- 
eral hand  we  will  scatter  thy  blessings  among  the  sons  of  want." 

If  these  things,  brethren,  are  attended  to,  as  their  importance  deserves,  God 
will  assuredly  bless  every  true  and  faithful  brother ;  He  will  bless  his  basket  and 
store,  that  he  may  have  to  give  to  him  that  needeth.  Every  Lodge  will  be  a  faint 
resemblance  of  heaven,  where  unity,  harmony  and  love  reign  triumphant.  Every 
meeting  will  lead  another  step  towards  perfection,  by  brightening  afresh  the 
chain  of  brotherhood,  and  by  extending  the  radius  of  the  heart  to  comprehend 
by  a  larger  sweep  so  many  more  of  the  sons  and  daughters  of  affliction.  If, 
brethren,  we  attend  closely  to  the  Masonic  principles,  apd  permit  them  to  have  a 
due  influence  on  our  lives  and  conversations,  mankind  will  respect  and  regard  us  ; 
they  will  be  ashamed  to  speak  or  think  disrespectfully  of  us,  or  the  ancient  craft ; 
God  will  look  upon  us  with  the  eye  of  complacency  and  love,  and  when  the  Lodge 
of  this  temporal  life  shall  be  closed,  we  shall  rest  in  peace. 

I  trust  our  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master,  who  has  the  honor  at  present  of 
presiding  in  Solomon's  chair,  will  not  refuse  our  congratulations  at  this  our  first 
public  appearance.  May  you,  respected  and  beloved  brother,  at  all  times  use 
the  power  with  which  you  are  invested,  for  the  good  of  the  craft ;  guided  by  a 
mild  disposition,  aided  by  worthy  officers,  who  will  not  remove  the  ancient  land- 
marks, and  attended  to  by  faithful  workmen  who  need  not  be  ashamed,  I  trust 
you  will  be  able  to  convince  the  inhabitants  of  this  State,  that  many  and  great 
advantages  are  derived  to  civil  society  from  the  Masonic  institution ;  and  that  in 


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future,  neither  the  snarling  critic  nor  the  envious  censurer,  who  would  wish  to 
rise  into  popular  esteem  upon  the  destruction  of  his  neighbor's  reputation,  will  be 
able  to  condemn  us.  May  the  brethren  whom  you  are  to  guide,  govern  and  di- 
rect, be  persevering  in  all  useful  labor;  may  they  at  all  times  live  within  the 
compass  of  propriety,  and  act  by  the  square  of  rectitude.  May  each  one  of  us  be 
diligent  in  that  which  is  good  and  praiseworthy,  that  he  may  be  able  to  assist 
the  needy ;  for  remember,  that  no  institution  can  be  pleasing  to  God  which  is  not 
useful  to  men.  Thus  thinking  and  thus  acting,  "  we  shall  find  out  the  secret 
which  is  preserved  in  the  hearts  of  the  faithful ;  we  shall  understand  the  sign 
which  the  children  of  God  always  discover ;  and  we  shall  gain  the  pass-ivord 
which  shall  open  the  door  of  the  Celestial  Lodge,"  where  Ave  shall  be  permitted 
to  join  hand  in  hand  with  the  whole  brotherhood  of  men  and  angels. 

It  is  not  probable,  my  brethren,  that  all  of  us  present  shall  live  to  see  the  re- 
turns of  another  semi-annual  meeting.  One  of  our  number  who  attended  with  us 
at  the  last,  is  separated  from  us  ;  the  high  Priest  of  Solomon's  Chapter,  (Rev.  Ed. 
Blackesley,)  is  no  more ;  some  of  us  have  lately  been  called  on  to  follow  him  to 
the  silent  dwellings  of  the  tomb,  drop  a  friendly  tear  over  his  grave,  and  deposit 
the  sprig  of  Cassia  with  the  remains  of  our  departed  brother.  May  we  not,  on 
this  occasion,  be  allowed  to  iise  the  exclamation  of  Thomas,  "  My  Lord  and  my 
God."  May  it  be  our  study  at  all  times  to  approve  ourselves  to  our  consciences 
and  our  God,  to  learn  the  divine  art  of  living  well,  of  building  on  Christ,  the  chief 
corner-stone ;  that  so,  when  the  Great  Architect  shall  see  fit  to  call  us  away  from 
our  present  labors  to  the  more  exalted  employments  of  the  heavenly  state,  we 
may  be  able  to  receive  the  summons  with  peace  and  joy.  We  shall  then  dwell 
in  a  Lodge  of  bliss,  where  there  will  be  no  need  of  the  sun,  or  moon,  or  lesser 
lights  to  shine  upon  it,  for  the  glory  of  God  shall  enlighten  it.  There  faith  shall 
be  turned  into  vision,  hope  swallowed  in  fruition,  but  charity  shall  still  abide,  be 
exercised,  exalted  and  transported  in  seeing  and  enjoying  God.  There  Christian- 
ity shall  be  fully  disclosed,  morality  meet  with  its  promised  reward,  and  brotherly 
love  remain  triumphant.  "Oh,  glorious  day,"  said  Cicero,  the  Roman  orator, 
"  when  I  shall  be  gathered  to  the  company  and  society  of  those  dear  souls,  and 
shall  enjoy  the  friendship  of  my  Cato  and  others,  who  have  gone  before  me !"  If 
a  Pagan  could  thus  say,  how  much  more  should  we  Christians  say,  oh  thrice 
blessed  and  glorious  day,  when  we  shall  behold  our  Lord  Christ,  join  the  happy 
assembly  above,  and  all  together  join  in  singing  praises  and  hallelujahs  to  him  that 
sitteth  on  the  throne  and  to  the  Lamb  forever.  "  Oh  most  blessed  God,  who  has 
prepared  for  them  that  love  Thee,  such  things  as  pass  man's  understanding ;  pour 
into  our  hearts  such  love  towards  Thee,"  that  we,  repenting  of  our  sins,  forsaking 
the  paths  of  folly  and  wickedness,  and  seriously  endeavoring  to  keep  thy  holy  com- 
mandments, may  at  last  obtain  thy  precious  promises,  which  exceed  all  that  we 
can  desire ;  and  at  thy  second  advent  to  judge  the  world  be  found  acceptable  in 
thy  sight,  and  hear  that  sentence  of  approbation  pronounced  upon  us,  "  Well 
done  good  and  faithful  servants,  enter  ye  into  the  joy  of  your  Lord."  Grant  this, 
oh  most  merciful  Father,  we  humbly  beseech  Thee,  for  the  sake  of  thy  Son  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord. — Amen. 


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MAY  SESSION,  1798. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  16th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1798,  and  of  Mafonry,  5798, 

OFFICEllS    PKESENT  : 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  JUDD,  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  WYLLYS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
EPHKAIM  KIKBY,  Grand  Sen.  Warden. 
ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Grand  Jun.  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Grand  Sen.  Deacon. 
DAVID  DAGGETT,  Grand  Jun.  Deacon. 

MEMBEKS    PRESENT : 

Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  proxy  M,,  William  Munson,  S.  W.,  Hi- 
ram, No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  M.,  Samuel  Canfield,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Lacy,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

EphraimRoot,  M.,  Jesse  Root,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford. 

Shadrach  Mead,  jDroxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

David  Judah,  proxy  M.,  Matthew  Marvin,  proxy  S.  W.,  St, 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  proxy  M.,  Nathan  Preston,  proxy  J.  W., 
King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Ephraim  Beardsley,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Jesse  Atwater,  M.,  Samuel  Woodruif,  proxy  S.  W.,  Com- 
pass No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Samuel  A.  Peters,  proxy  S.  W.,  Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  proxy 
J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 


104  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICTT.  [May, 

David  Parmelee,  proxy  S.  W.,  Aaron  Smith,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Jesse  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Shelden  Curtis,  S.  W.,  Francis  French, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Joseph  Canfield,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  .Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salis- 
bury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Lemuel  Grosvenor,  S.  W.,  Asa  Bacon,  proxy  J.  W.,  Moriah, 
No.  15,  Windham  County. 

Selden  Spencer,  M.,  Jonathan  Hall,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Asher  Blakesley,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

LeGrand  M.  Lewis,  M.,  David  Allen,  J.  W.,  Washington, 
No.  19,  Huntington. 

James  Percival,  Jr.,  M.,  Elnathan  Smith,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Har- 
mony, No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Buggies,  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Morgan,  proxy  M.,  Coddington  Billings,  proxy  S. 
W.,  Joshua  Downer,  J.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Jedediah  Mills,  M.,  Elijah  Boardman^  proxy  J.  W.,  Colum- 
bia, No.  25,  Stepney. 

Andrew  Champion,  proxy  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Eeuben  Champion,  M.,  Edward  Tudor,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star, 
No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy  M.,  Ezra  Bradley,  proxy  J.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Benjamin  Snow,  M.,  Ebenezer  Huntington,  proxy  S.  W., 
Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 


1798.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  105 

Christopher  Johnson,  M.,  Joel  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Frederick 
Phelps,  J,  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  Robbins,  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Turkey  Hills. 

Jeremiah  W.  Phelps,  S.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

George  Cleveland,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Burr  Gilbert,  proxy  M.,  Benjamin  Hall,  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39, 
Weston. 

Nathan  Douglass,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Benjamin  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Jarad  Byington,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Noah  Lester,  M.,  Joseph  Wilcox,  proxy  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No. 
43,  Killing-worth. 

Forty-two  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  elected 
to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Ebenezer  Huntington,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Ephraim  Root,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  Jesse  Beach,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  congratulated  upon  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, and  invested  with  the  jewels  of  their  different  offices  by 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  the  brethren  of  Ark  Lodge, 
No.  39,  stating  that  it  was  their  unanimous  wish,  for  a  number 
of  reasons  therein  mentioned,  that  their  Lodge  might  be  holden 
one  half  of  the  time  in  Reading  ;  it  being  now  restricted,  by 
their  warrant  of  constitition,  or  charter,  to  the  town  of  Wes- 

14 


106  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ton  :  whereupon  it  was  resolved,  that  the  brethren  of  said  Ark 
Lodge  be  authorized  and  permitted  to  hold  Lodge  one  half  of 
the  time  in  the  town  of  Beading,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of 
said  petition  ;  anything  in  their  charter  to  the  contrary  not- 
withstanding. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted,  as  one  of  the  perma- 
nent regulations  : 

Resolved,  That  whenever  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  grant  a  charter  to  any  num- 
ber of  Masons  not  residing  in  this  State,  and  who  are  not  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  a  Grand  Lodge  already  established,  in  such  case  the  petitioners  shall  pay,  for 
the  use  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars,  over  and  above  the  usual 
fees  for  granting  charters  to  form  new  Lodges  in  this  State,  which  shall  be  con- 
sidered in  full  for  all  quarterages  or  other  pecuniary  demands. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  Kew 
Haven,  stating,  that  from  their  local  situation,  and  the  general 
calamities  of  the  war  in  Europe,  they  have  many  and  frequent 
applications  for  relief,  from  distressed  brethren,  both  of  their 
own  Lodge  and  others,  and  that  their  funds  were  almost  ex- 
hausted by  charitable  donations,  praying  for  some  relief,  &c.  : 
whereupon  Bros.  Ebenezer  Huntington  and  Samuel  Bellamy 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  investigate  the  facts  set  forth  in 
said  petition,  and  report  to  the  Grrand  Lodge  at  its  next  com- 
munication, together  with  their  opinion  as  to  what  is  most  ex- 
pedient to  be  done  thereon. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in 
Surrinam,  stating  that  they  were  not  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
any  Grand  Lodge  now  established,  and  praying  for  a  charter  to 
hold  a  Lodge  in  that  place.  A  variety  of  remarks  having  been 
made  on  the  subject,  the  further  consideration  was  postponed  to 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

Sundry  petitions  for  the  formation  of  new  Lodges  were  pre- 
sented, viz  :  one  from  brethren  residing  in  Winchester  and  its 
vicinity,  one  from  Lyme,  one  from  Lebanon,  and  one  from  Suf- 
field  ;  all  of  which  having  been  read,  were  laid  over  to  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

The  penalties  heretofore  incurred  by  Compass  Lodge,  No.  9, 
St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  and  Union,  No.  31,  in  consequence  of  non- 


1798.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  107 

attendance  at  the  Grand  Lodge,  were  remitted  ;  the  re23resenta- 
tives  of  the  said  Lodges  having  severally  shown  that  their  non- 
attendance  did  not  happen  through  their  negligence  or  inatten- 
tion. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4, 
Hartford,  and  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich,  were  not  represented 
at  the  Grand  Communication  in  October  last,  and  that  they  did 
not  at  that  time  make  returns,  agreeably  to  the  ordinances  of 
the  Grand  Lodge.  The  representatives  of  those  Lodges  being 
present,  did  not  give  satisfactory  reasons  for  such  neglect,  and 
it  was  therefore  ordered,  that  a  penalty  of  thirteen  dollars  be 
inflicted  on  each  of  said  Lodges,  in  conformity  with  the  regula- 
tions, viz  :  eight  dollars  each  for  non-attendance,  and  five  dol- 
lars each  for  not  making  returns. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  the  Eight  Eev.  and  W. 
Bishop  Jarvis,  Grand  Chaplain. 

A  true  extract  from  the  minutes. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


108  GRAND  LODGE    OF    CONNECTICNT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1798. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Affem- 
bly  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
17th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1798,  and  of  Mafonry,  5798 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

EBENEZER  HUNTINGTON,  Senior  G.  Warden. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

SOLOMON  COWLES,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

EBENEZER  BEACH,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Grand  Chaplain,  p.  t. 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  Past  Grand  Master. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  M.,  William  Munson,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Canfield,  M.,  William  B.  Hall,  S.  W.,  L.  B.  DeBel- 
leriue,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Thaddeus  Benedict,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

Samuel  Wyllys,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Elkanah  Mead,  proxy  M.,  Noyes  Mather,  J.  W.,  Union,  No. 
5,  Greenwich. 

James  Hurlbut,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nath'l  Perry,  proxy  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Matthias  Nichols,  M.,  Ephraim  Beardsley,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
Thompson,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Jesse  Atwater,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John.  T.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 


1798.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  109 

Ephraim  Kirby,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  S.  W.,  Francis  French,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Luke  Wadsworth,  J.  W.,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Evan  Malbone,  proxy  M.,  John  McAllan,  proxy  S.  W.,  Mo- 
riah.  No.  15,  Windham  County. 

Elnathan  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Jonathan  Hall,  proxy  S.  W., 
Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Asher  Blakesley,  M.,  Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  S.  W., 
Stephen  Porter,  J.  W,,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Moses  Shepherd,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18, 
Newtown. 

Ebenezer  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No,  19,  Huntington. 

Philo  Buggies,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hezekiah  Sperry,  J.  W.,  Hart's,  No.  22, 
Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Morgan,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Sylvester  Gilbert,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Jedediah  Mills,  M.,  John  Hale,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25, 
Stej)ney. 

Samuel  P.  Lord,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Shubasl  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Israel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Josiah  Root,  S.  W.,  Ezra  Kimberly,  J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No. 
30,  Hamden. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Judah  Eldred,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No,  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington, 

John  Tyler,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joel  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Chauncey  Pettibone,  J.  W.,  St,  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby, 

Giles  Pettibone,  Jr.,  M.,  Ovid  Burrall,  S.  W.,  Western  Star, 
No.  37,  Norfolk. 


no  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Jaracl  Lewis,  M.,  Thomas  Powers,  proxy,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's, 
No.  38,  Guilford. 

Stephen  Jackson,  proxy  M.,  Andrew  L.  Hill,  S.  W.,  Ark, 
No.  39,  Weston. 

Ebenezer  Nichols,  S.  W.,  Union,.  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Rufus  Sherman,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Jarad  Byington,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Noah  Lester,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  KilHngworth. 

Forty-one  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  Avas  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
when  the  committee  appointed  at  the  Grand  Communication  in 
May  last,  to  investigate  the  facts  set  forth  in  a  petition  from 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  reported,  that  in  their  opinion  it  would 
be  inexpedient  for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  do  anything  thereon  ; 
which  report  was  accepted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  several 
petitions  presented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  praying 
for  charters  to  establish  new  Lodges. 

The  petition  from  brethren  residing  in  Surrinam,  was  dis- 
missed, and  the  petitioners  allowed  to  withdraw. 

The  petition  for  a  Lodge  in  Lyme  was  again  postponed,  and 
Brs.  Elias  Perkins,  Eliphalet  Bulkley  and  John  R.  Watrous 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and 
report  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  question  on  granting  the  prayer  of  the  petition  from 
Winchester  was  negatived. 

The  petition  from  brethren  in  SulHeld  and  vicinity  was  post- 
poned for  further  consideration,  and  Brs.  Ephraim  Root  and 
Reuben  Champion  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the 
Master  elect,  as  to  his  qualifications,  and  report  to  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Lebanon  and  vicinity,  was 
granted,  and  a  charter  directed  to  be  issued,  incorporating  them 
into  a  regular  Lodge,  with  the  powers,  privil^es  and  immuni- 


1798.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  Ill 

ties  thereunto  belonging.  Our  Worsliipful  Bro.  Daniel  Tilden 
was  appointed  first  Master,  and  tlie  other  officers  named  in  the 
petition  were  confirmed  in  their  respective  appointments.  The 
Lodge  to  he  known  and  designated  hv  the  name  of  "^Eastern 
Star/'  and  to  he  held  in  the  town  of  Lebanon  during  the  pleas- 
ure of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  brethren  residing  in  the  town 
of  Glastenbury,  praying  to  be  formed  into  a  new  Lodge,  which, 
after  having  been  read,  was  postponed,  agreeably  to  the  regula- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  Brs.  Samuel  Canfield  and  Jede- 
diah  Mills  were  appointed  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  re- 
port at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  W.  Master  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2,  in  Middletown, 
stated  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  that  a  person  named  Joash  Hall, 
Jun.,  who  pretended  to  have  some  Masonic  information,  had 
endeavored  to  introduce  himself  into  that  Lodge  as  a  visitor  ; 
but  upon  strict  inquiry  and  examination,  it  appeared  that  he 
was  an  artful  impostor.  Whereupon,  the  following  resolution 
was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  particularly  recommends  and  enjoins  it  upon 
the  several  Lodges  within  this  jurisdiction,  to  be  very  cautious  in  admitting  vis- 
itors, until  they  have  the  fullest  assurance  that  such  visitors  are  true  and  genuine 
brethren. 

Uriel  Lodge,  No.  24,  was  excused  from  the  penalty  incurred, 
last  year,  by  non-attendance  at  the  Grand  Communication  ; 
the  representatives  of  that  Lodge  having  given  full  satisfaction 
that  it  did  not  happen  through  the  negligence  or  inattention  of 
said  Lodge. 

Application  having  been  made  by  several  Lodges  for  copies 
of  the  Constitutions,  By-Laws  and  Ordinances  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  the  Grand  Secretary  being  unable  to  supply  the 
demand,  the  following  resolution  was  proposed  and  unanimous- 
ly adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  procure  the  printing  of  the 
Constitution,  By-Laws,  Ordinances  and  other  transactions  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
and  that  he  deliver  six  copies  thereof  to  each  Lodge,  through  their  representa- 
tives, at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 


112  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

The  G-rand  Secretary  was  also  directed,  by  vote  of  tlie  G-rand 
Lodge,  to  have  m  readiness,  at  the  Grand  Communication  in 
May  next,  ten  blank  certificates  for  each  Lodge,  to  be  printed 
on  parchment,  to  be  given  out  in  such  way  and  manner  as  shall 
be  hereafter  prescribed. 

Brs.  Ephraim  Root  and  Solomon  Cowles  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer,  and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their 
next  communication, 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1799.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  113 


MAY  SESSION,  1799. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1799,  and  of  Mafonry  5799  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

EBENEZEE  HUNTINGTON,  Senior  G.  Warden. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENEY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

EPHRAIM  ROOT,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

JOHN  RIPLEY,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Peter  Johnson,  M.,  William  Munson,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

Samuel  Canfield,  M.,  Wm.  B.  Hall,  S.  W.,  Francis  Sage,  J.W., 
St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  Jesse  Root,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford, 

Elkanah  Mead,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Joshua  King,  jDroxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Garwood  H,  Cunningham,  proxy  M.,  Nathaniel  Periy,  S.  W., 
King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodhury. 

Roswell  Judson,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Jesse  Atwater,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  proxy  M.,  Daniel  Worthington,  S.  W., 
Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Col- 
chester. 

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114  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         U^^Jt 

Epliraim  Kirby,  M.,  Moses  Seymour,  proxy  S.  W.,  Aaron 
Smith,  J.  W.,  St.  Paurs,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Shelden  Cm-tis,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Elisha  Sterhng,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbuiy, 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,.  No.  14,  Farmington. 

John  Parish,  proxy  M.,  John  McLellen,  proxy  S,  W.,  Mo- 
riah.  No.  15,  Windham  County. 

Levi  Douglass,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Stephen  S.  Porter,  proxy  M.,  Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  S.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Henry  Curtiss,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

James  Percival,  Jr.,  M.,  Elnathan  Smithy  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Har- 
mony, No.  20,  Berlin. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  Philo  Buggies,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's, 
No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Allen  Campbell,  proxy  S.  W.,  Avery  Downer,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittelsey,  M.,  Gurdon  Thompson,  proxy  J.  W., 
Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Asaph  Coleman,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Rocky  Hill, 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Andrew  Champion,  proxy  S.  W., 
Columbia,  No.  26,  EastHaddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  William  Cogswell,  proxy  S.  W., 
Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Reuben  Champion,  M.,  Charles  Jenks,  S.  W.,  Josiah  Bissell, 
J.  W.,  Morning  Star^  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Josiah  Root,  S.  W,,  John  Hubbard,  proxy  J.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London, 

Judah  Eldred,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Benjamin  Galpin,  M.,  Seth  Clark,  J.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

John  Tyler,  proxy  M.,  John  Turner,  proxy  S.  W.,  Somerset, 
No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joel  Bradley,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 


1799.]         GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  115 

Appleton  Kobbins,  M.,  Chauncey  Pettibone,  S.  W.,  St.  Mark's, 
No.  36,  Granby. 

Ebenezer  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Setli  Wetmore,  J.  W.,  Western 
Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Oliver  Bray,  J.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Stephen  Jackson,  proxy  M.,  Benjamin  Hall,  J.  W.,  Ark,  No. 
39,  Weston. 

Elislia  Whittelsey,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Nathaniel  Euggles,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Jarad  Byington,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Noah  Lester,  M.,  Nathan  Wilcox,  S.W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Kil- 
lingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Joseph  Metcalf,  S.  W.,  John  Newcomb, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Forty- two  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respective- 
ly, viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmek,  Grand  Master. 
K.   W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

Ebenezer  Huntington,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Ephraim  Root,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Jesse  Beach,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  severally  congratulated  upon  their  appoint- 
ments, and  regularly  inducted  into  office  by  the  Most  Worship- 
ful Grand  Master,  agreeable  to  ancient  usages. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  Grand  Communication  in 
October  last,  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  reported,  that  they  had  attended  to 


116  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

the  business  of  their  appointment,  and  found  a  balance  due  to 
the  Grand  Secretary  from  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  seventy-six  dol- 
lars and  sixty-two  cents  ;  which  rej)ort  was  accepted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  resumed  the  consideration  of  the  several 
petitions  for  new  Lodges,  which  were  postponed  at  the  last  com- 
munication. The  petition  from  Sufi&eld  was  negatived  ;  and 
those  from  Lyme  and  Glastenbury  were  severally  postponed  to 
the  Grand  Communication  in  October  next. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in 
the  parish  of  Kipton,  in  the  town  of  Huntington,  praying  for 
the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  Eipton  ;  which,  hav- 
ing been  read,  was  laid  over,  agreeably  to  the  regulations,  and 
Brs.  Shelden  Curtis  and  Daniel  Holbrook  appointed  a  commit- 
tee to  examine  the  Master  elect. 

It  having  been  represented  by  Uriel  Lodge,  No.  24,  that 
from  experience  they  found  it  inconvenient  to  hold  their  stated 
communications  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  each  month,  which 
was  the  time  particularly  designated  by  their  charter  ;  for  sun- 
dry reasons  now  offered,  it  was  voted,  that  said  Lodge  be  au- 
thorized to  hold  their  stated  meetings  on  the  second  Wednes- 
day in  each  month,  anything  in  their  charter  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 

In  compliance  with  a  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge  at  the  semi- 
annual communication  in  October  last,  the  Grand  Secretary 
presented  the  blank  certificates  then  ordered  :  whereupon,  the 
following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  deliver  to 
the  Masters  or  senior  officers  present  from  the  several  Lodges,  the  Certificates 
which  he  has  provided, — a  due  proportion  to  each  Lodge, — taking  their  receipts 
for  the  same,  to  be  accounted  for  at  the  next  Grand  Communication ;  and  the 
Masters  are  hereby  empowered  to  cause  the  blanks  in  said  Certificates  to  be  filled 
up,  according  to  the  instructions  which  will  be  given  by  the  Grand  Secretary 
when  he  delivers  them. 

The  appeal  of  Jesse  B.  Goodsell,  from  his  expulsion  by  Fed- 
eral Lodge,  No  17,  was  presented,  and  Brs.  Elihu  Sanford,  Ja- 
rad  Byington  and  Samuel  Bellamy  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  inquire  into  the  facts  respecting  said  expulsion,  and  report  to 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 


1799.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  117 

The  Grand  Secretaiy  reported  that  Montgomery  Lodge,  No. 
13,  Salisbury,  and  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  20,  Berlin,  were  not 
represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication  ;  and  that  St. 
Paul's  Lodge,  No.  11,  Litchfield,  and  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34, 
Norwich,  made  no  returns  at  that  time. 

The  Grand  Lodge  having  heard  the  reasons  that  were  seve- 
rally offered  by  those  Lodges  for  their  respective  omissions,  it 
was  resolved,  that  a  penalty  of  eight  dollars  be  inflicted  on 
Montgomery  Lodge,  for  their  non-attendance,  and  that  the  pen- 
alties on  the  other  Lodges  be  remitted,  their  representatives 
having  made  it  appear  that  those  delinquencies  were  not  occa- 
sioned by  negligence  or  inattention. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course, 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


118  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1799. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Soci&ty  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Affembly 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  16th 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1799,  and  of  Mafonry  5799: 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  EPHRAIM  KIRBY,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 
W.  SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Sen.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
W.  DAVID  BALDWIN,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
EPHRAIM  ROOT,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon. 
SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  I 

WiUiam  Munson,  M.,  Amos  Gillet,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

Samuel  Canfield,  M.,  William  B.  Hall,  S.  W.,  WiUiam 
Star,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

William  Peet,  M.,  Robert  Linus,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  3,  Newfield. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

William  Knapp,  proxy  M.,  Elkanah  Mead,  proxy  S.  W., 
Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

William  Moseley,  M.,  Nathaniel  Perry,  proxy  S.  W.,  An- 
thony Burrit,  proxy  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

John  Thompson,  proxy  M.,  Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  S.  W., 
Matthias  Nichol,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Jarad  Lewis,  J.  W.,  Compass  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  proxy  M.,  John  T.  Peters,  J.  W.,  Woos- 
ter.  No.  10,  Colchester. 


1799.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  119 

EiDhraim  Kirby,  M.,  John  Welch,  proxy  S.  W.,  Aaron  Smith, 
J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Shelden  Curtis,  M.,  Daniel  Holbrook,  S.  W.,  Francis  French, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Joseph  Canfiekl,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salis- 
bury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Famiington. 

William  Dixon,  proxy  M.,  Moriali,  No.  15,  Windham  Co. 

Selden  Spencer,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Charles  Merriman,  M.,  Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  S.  W.,  Ste- 
phen L.  Porter  proxy  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Samuel  C.  Blackman,  J.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Samuel  M.  Munson,  proxy  M.,  Richard  Atwell,  proxy  S.  W., 
Amos  B,  Fairman,  proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunting- 
ton. 

Elnathan  Smith,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Joseph  Buggies,  M.,  Reuben  Brownson,  S.  W.,  Philo  Bug- 
gies, proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Thaddeus  Thompson,  proxy  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Moses  Robins,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  John  Ripley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel, 
No.  24,  Tolland. 

Jedediah  Mills,  M.,  John  Hall^  proxy  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No. 
25,  Rocky  Hill. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Richard  Pitkin,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Noah  A.  Phelps,  proxy  S.  W.,  Israel 
Jones,  proxy  J.  W.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy  M.,  Hezekiah  Bracket,  J.  W.,  Dayspring,- 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Elias  Perkins,  M.,  Lyman  Law,  S.  W-,  Union,  No.  31,  New 
London. 

Talmadge  Fairchild,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Stiii,  No.  32,  Warren. 


120  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [Oct. 

Heman  Atwater,  proxy  M.,  Stephen  Johnson,  proxy  S.  W., 
Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Asa  Spaulding,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

David  Marks,  S.  W.,  James  Brace,  proxy  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No. 
35,  Harwinton. 

Chaimcey  Pettibone,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Turkey 
Hills. 

Samuel  Hurlbut,  proxy  M.,  Irsael  Holt,  proxy  S.  W.,  Seth 
Wetmore,  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Hezekiah  Alvord,  S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hoadley,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Stephen  Jackson,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Elisha  Whittlesey,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Colby  Chamberlain,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Jarad  Byington,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbuiy. 

Nathan  Wilcox,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Ebenezer  Bushnell,  proxy  J.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Leb- 
anon. 

Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  when 
the  consideration  of  the  several  petitions,  which  were  pending 
before  the  last  Grand  Lodge,  was  again  resumed.  That  from 
the  brethren  at  Lyme,  &c.,  and  that  from  the  brethren  in  the 
parish  of  Kipton,  town  of  Huntington,  were  again  continued ; 
that  from  the  brethren  in  Glastenbury  was  negatived. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  and  near  the  town 
of  Winchester,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge, 
to  be  holden  in  said  town,  was  presented,  read  and  continued 
agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge  ;  Brs.  Ephraim 
Kirby  and  Giles  Pettibone,  Jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

The  committee  appointed  in  May  last,  on  the  appeal  of  Jesse 
B.  Goodsell,  of  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  reported,  that  from  a 
variety  of  circumstances  they  had  not  been  able  to  attend  to  the 
business  of  their  said  appointment ;  whereupon  resolved,  that 


1799.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  121 

said  appeal  be  continued  to  the  G-rand  Communication  in  May 
next,  and  tliat  Brs.  Garwood  H.  Cunningham,  Ephraim  Kirby 
and  Jarad  Byington,  be  now  appointed  a  committee  to  meet  on 
the  second  Tuesday  of  Januaiy  next,  one  o'clock,  P.  M.,  at  Br. 
Beecher's  Lodge  Room  in  Salem,  to  hear  the  23arties  in  said  aji- 
peal,  and  report  make  of  the  facts  to  the  next  Grand  Lodge,  to- 
gether with  their  opinion  thereon.  Provided  also,  that  if  only 
two  of  the  committee  should  meet,  and  be  agreed  on  a  report, 
they  are  hereby  authorized  to  make  the  same. 

The  Grand  Lodge  having  fully  heard  and  considered  an  ap- 
peal of  Frederick  Phelps  from  a  sentence  of  expulsion  rendered 
against  him  by  the  officers  of  Aurora  Lodge,  No.  35,  do  thereon 
adjudge,  order  and  decree,  that  the  said  sentence  be  considered 
as  void  and  of  no  effect,  and  that  the  said  Phelps  be  restored  to 
all  the  j)rivileges  and  rights  of  a  Mason  and  member  of  said 
Lodge. 

Resolved,  That  iu  future,  all  persons  attending  the  Grand  Lodge  as  members 
thereof,  shall  leave  their  names  with  the  Grand  Secretary,  at  the  Lodge  Room,  at 
least  two  hours  before  the  time  on  which  the  Lodge  assembles  ;  those  who  appear 
as  proxies  shall,  at  the  same  time,  lodge  the  certificates  of  their  appointment. 

Brs.  Solomon  Cowles  and  Ephraim  Root  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer 
and  Secretary,  and  report. 

The  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Chxmd  Secretary. 

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122  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


MAY  SESSION,  1800. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  14th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1800,  and  of  Mafonry,  5800, 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  G.  Warden,  p.  t. 

ELIPHALET  BULKLEY,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

CHARLES  JENKS,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT : 

Peter  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  Thomas  Painter,  proxy  S.  W., 
Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Canfield,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

William  Knapp,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Stamford, 

William  M.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  Taylor  Sherman,  J.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Anthony  Burritt,  proxy  M.,  Nath'l  Perry,  S.,  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Roswell  Judson,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Tyrhand  Kirtland,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Eliphalet  Bulkley,  M.,  John  T.  Peters,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester. 

John  Welch,  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  S.  W.,  King  Hiram,No.  12,  Derby. 


1800.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  123 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Jeremiali  Dorsey,  J.  W.,  Montgomery, 
No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Luke  Wadsworth,  J.  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Moses  Cleveland,  M.,  Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  S.  W.,  Moriah, 
No,  15,  Windham  County. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  proxy  M.,  Levi  Douglass  S.  W.,  Temple,  No. 
16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  M.,  Eleazer  Judd,  J.  W.,  Federal, 
No.  17,  Watertown. 

Asa  Chapman,  M.,  David  Baldwin,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
18,  Newtown. 

Ebenezer  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

James  Percival,  M.,  Elnathan  Smith,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  Abner  Gunn,  proxy  S.  W.,  St. 
Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Thaddeus  Thompson,  proxy  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Joshua  Downer,  S.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Henry  Deming,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
Francis,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  William  Cogswell,  S.  W.,  Kising 
Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Israel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Noah  A.  Phelps,  J.  W.,  Village,  No. 

29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M,,  Josiah  Boot,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No. 

30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  John  0.  Miner,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union,  No. 

31,  New  London. 

Talmadge  Fairchild,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 
Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 
Asa  Spaulding,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 
James  Brace,  proxy  M.,  David  Marks,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No. 
35,  Harwinton. 


124  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Appleton  Robbins,  M.,  Isaac  Owen,  S.  W.,  St.  Mark's,  No. 
36,  Grranby. 

Eleazer  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Arab  Phelps,  proxy  S.  W.,  Samuel 
Hurlbut,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Oliver  Bray,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Nathan  Wheeler,  M.,  Seth  S.  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ark,  No. 
39,  Weston. 

James  Clark,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

EH  Perry,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Benjamin  Upson,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Nathan  Wilcox,  proxy  S.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Timothy  Laraby,  proxy  S.  W.,  David  W. 
Young,  proxy  J.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 
Forty-four  Lodges  represented, 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de- 
clared to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Ebenezer  Huntington,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer, 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  David  Baldvi^in,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  consideration  of  the  petitions  which  were  continued  at 
the  communication  in  October  last,  was  again  resumed.  That 
from  the  brethren  in  the  parish  of  Ripton,  in  the  town  of  Hun- 
tington, and  that  from  the  brethren  in  the  town  of  Winchester, 
were  again  continued  ;  and  that  from  the  brethren  in  Lyme  was 
granted — a  charter  to  issue,  incorporating  them  into  a  regular 
Lodge,  to  be  holden  in  said  town  of  Lyme,  with  the  usual  pow- 


1800.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  125 

ers,  privileges  and  immunities  thereunto  belonging — our  Wor- 
shipful Brother,  Nathaniel  Matson,  apj)ointecl  first  Master,  and 
the  other  officers  named  in  their  said  petition  confirmed  in  their 
respective  appointments.  The  Lodge  to  be  known  and  desig- 
nated by  the  name  of  "  Pythagoras." 

A  petition  was  presented  from  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  15,  in  the 
county  of  Windham,  stating  that  the  tract  of  country,  which 
was  comprised  within  the  limits  of  their  Lodge,  is  so  extensive 
as  to  render  it  highly  inconvenient  for  individuals,  as  well  as  in- 
jurious to  the  general  interest  of  Masonry,  praying  that  a  new 
Lodge  may  be  formed  and  organized,  to  remedy  the  inconven- 
iencies  which  they  suggest ;  which  aj)plication  was  made  by  the 
unanimous  consent  and  approbation  of  said  Moriah  Lodge,  as 
appears  by  documents  accompanying  their  said  petition  :  where- 
upon resolved,  that  the  said  petition  be  continued  to  the  Grand 
Communication  in  October  next ;  and  that  Brs.  Cleveland, 
Judd  and  Luther  Payne,  be  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
the  Master  elect,  and  report  at  that  time. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  appeal  of  Jesse  B.  Goodsel, 
of  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  re|3orted  that  they  had  attended  to 
the  duties  of  their  appointment,  at  the  time  and  place  directed  ; 
that  no  evidence  was  exhibited  by  either  of  the  parties  to  said 
appeal,  except  what  is  annexed  to  their  report ;  being  a  con- 
fession from  the  said  Goodsel,  wherein  he  acknowledges  in  the 
most  unequivocal  manner,  that  the  Lodge  in  all  their  proceed- 
ings, relative  to  the  sentence  of  expulsion  pronounced  against 
him,  had  treated  him  with  strict  justice,  and  with  the  highest 
candor,  fairness  and  delicacy.  For  all  his  ofiences,  he,  in  a  very 
pathetic  manner,  asks  forgiveness  of  the  Lodge,  and  that  they 
would  be  pleased  to  extend  the  hand  of  restoration  to  him, 
should  his  future  conduct  merit  it.  A  vote  of  said  Federal 
Lodge  was  also  annexed  to  said  report,  from  which  it  appears 
they  manifest  a  willingness  to  restore  the  said  Goodsel  again, 
provided  his  conduct  be  "regular  and  jDroper"  until  May  1st, 
1801. 

The  above  report  was  accepted  and  the  appeal  dismissed,  and 
the  following  resolution  adopted  : 


126  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  not  to  publish  the  expulsion  of  Jesse 
B.  Goodsel,  until  after  the  Grand  Communication  in  May.  1801,  agreeably  to  the 
wishes  of  the  Lodge  from  which  he  was  expelled,  made  known  by  their  vote 
above  alluded  to. 

An  application  was  made  by  Eastern  Star  Lodge,  No.  44,  for 
permission  to  hold  their  Lodge  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Leb- 
anon and  Windham  ;  they  being  now  by  charter  restricted  to 
the  town  of  Lebanon.  After  sundry  remarks — resolved,  that 
the  further  consideration  of  the  subject  be  postponed  to  the 
Grand  Communication  in  October  next. 

A  complaint  was  exhibited  by  the  Master  of  Hart's  Lodge, 
No.  22,  in  Woodbridge,  against  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  in 
Derby,  for  initiating  one  or  more  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  town 
of  Woodbridge,  without  the  knowledge,  privity  or  consent  of 
said  Hart's  Lodge,  being  a  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  The  representative  from  King  Hiram  Lodge 
stated  that  there  had  been  no  previous  notice  given  to  them  of 
this  complaint,  and  that  he  was  totally  unprepared  to  make  any 
defence  :  whereupon  resolved,  that  the  Grand  Secretary  transmit 
an  attested  copy  of  said  complaint  to  the  Master  of  said  King 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  and  issue  a  regular  summons,  directing 
said  Lodge  to  appear  before  the  Grand  Lodge  to  be  holden  at 
New  Haven,  on  Wednesday  next  following  the  second  Thursday 
in  October  next,  then  and  there  to  be  heard  as  touching  the 
premises. 

Brs.  Ephraim  Root  and  Solomon  Cowles  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary 
and  report. 

The  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Lodge  in  course, 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1800.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  127 

OCTOBER  SESSION,  1800. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Affem- 
bly  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
15th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1800,  and  of  Mafonry,  5800  : 

OFFICEllS    PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEE,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

EBENEZER  HUNTINGTON,  Sen.  Grand  Warden. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

DAVID  BALDWIN,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Junior  Grand  Deacon, 

DANIEL  HOLBROOK,  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  Past  Grand  Master. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  ! 

William  Munson,  M.,  Amos  Doolittle,  S.  W.,  Naphtali  Dag- 
gett, J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Canfield,  M.,  WilHam  B.  Hall,  S.  W.,  Alexander 
Collins,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Lazarus  Beach,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Newfield. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

William  Knapp,  jDroxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich, 

William  M.  Betts,  proxy  S.  W.,  Taylor  Sherman,  J.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

John  Clark,  proxy  M.,  Nathaniel  Perry,  S.  W.,  John  Trow- 
bridge, proxy  J.  W,,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Daniel  Worthington,  M.,  Asa  Bigelow,  S.  W.,  Adonijah  F. 
Bradford,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Isaac  Baldwin,  M.,  Aaron  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11, 
Litchfield. 


128  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Josiali  Dudley,  proxy  M.,  Francis  French,  S.  W.,  King  Hi- 
ram, No.  12,  Derby. 

Jeremiah  Dorsey,  J.  W.,  Montgomeiy,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Asa  Bacon,  Jr.,  proxy  J.  W.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Windham  Co. 

"Whiting  Stanley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  M.,  George  D.  Kasson,  S.  W.,  Elea- 
zer  Judd,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Elihu  Buggies,  S.  W.,  Samuel  C.  Black- 
man,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown, 

Henry  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

EUsha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  NewMilford. 

Thomas  Goodsell,  M.,  Elihu  Sanford,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hart's, 
No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Wm.  Belcher,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  John  Kipley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel, 
No.  24,  Tolland. 

Hezekiah  Wetmore,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Kocky  Hill. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Luther  Loomis,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

Israel  Jones,  proxy  S.  W.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M,,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Josiah  Finney,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Asa  Spaulding,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joel  Bradley,  M.,  Stephen  Graves,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35, 
Harwinton. 

Chauncey  Pettibone,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Turkey 
Hills. 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  M.,  Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  S.  W.,  Stephen 
Jackson,  proxy  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

George  C.  Smith,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield 


1800.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  129 

James  Scovil,  proxy  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 
Nathan  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 
Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Salmon  Champion,  proxy  S.  W.,  Mason 
Tilden,  J.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Forty-one  Lodges  rejiresented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry ;  when  the  consideration  of  the  petitions  that  were  con- 
tinued at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  resumed. 

The  petition  for  a  charter  for  a  Lodge  in  the  parish  of  Eipton 
was  negatived  ;  as  was  also  the  petition  from  brethren  in  Win- 
chester. 

The  petition  from  Moriah  and  Eastern  Star  Lodges  were  fur- 
ther continued,  and  Brs.  Henry  Champion,  Asa  Spalding,  and 
Ebenezer  Huntington,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
into  the  facts  stated  in  said  petitions,  and  report  their  opinion 
with  regard  to  the  propriety  and  expediency  of  granting  the 
prayer  of  both  or  either  of  them. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in 
Stonington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  town  ;  which  was  read,  and  some  remarks  made  on  the 
subject,  when  it  was  laid  over,  under  the  rule,  and  Brs.  Elias 
Perkins,  Lyman  Law  and  Eobert  Allyn  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

A  petition  was  also  presented  from  several  brethren  in  the 
town  of  Oxford,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge 
in  that  town  ;  which,  having  been  read,  with  the  documents 
accompanying  it,  was  continued  to  the  next  communication, 
agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  Brs.  Na- 
than Preston,  King  W.  Lampson  and  Francis  French  were  ap- 
poined  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  he  had  transmitted  to 
King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  a  copy  of  the  complaint  which  was 
exhibited  against  them  by  Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22,  and  had  also 
issued  a  summons  directing  King  Hiram  Lodge  to  appear  and 

17 


130  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [Oct. 

make  answer  to  said  complaint,  agreeably  to  the  order  of  tlie 
Grand  Lodge. 

The  representatives  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  being  present  in 
Grand  Lodge,  plead  not  guilty  ;  and  after  a  lengthy  hearing 
and  critical  discussion  of  the  subject,  it  was  decided  that  King 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  had  not  violated  a  by-law  or  ordinance 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  as  alleged  in  the  complaint  made  against 
them  by  Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22. 

A  complaint  was  exhibited  by  the  proxy  for  the  Master  of 
"Washington  Lodge,  No.  19,  Huntington,  against  St.  John's, 
No.  8,  Stratford,  for  initiating  sundry  persons  belonging  to  the 
town  of  Huntington,  without  the  knowledge  or  approbation  of 
said  Washington  Lodge  ;  being,  as  they  consider,  a  violation 
of  an  ordinance  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  comj)laint  having  been  read,  the  representatives  of  said 
St.  John's  Lodge  stated  that  no  notice  had  been  given  to  their 
Lodge  of  this  complaint,  and  they  were  unprepared  to  make 
defence.  Whereupon,  the  Grand  Secretary  was  instructed  to 
transmit  an  attested  copy  of  said  complaint  to  the  Master  of 
St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  and  to  summon  said  Lodge  to  appear 
at  the  next  Grand  Communication  and  answer  to  the  same. 

A  communication  was  presented  and  read,  from  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the  subject  of  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Supreme  Grand  Lodge  ;  when,  after  a  full  and  able 
discussion,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  considers  the  reasons  offered  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  as  contained  in  their  conimtinication  to  ns,  against  the 
formation  of  a  Superintending  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  agreeably  to 
the  proposition  made  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina,  to  be  amply  con- 
clusive ;  and  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  most  fully  accords  in  senti- 
ment on  this  subject  with  their  brethren  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1801.]        GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  131 


MAY  SESSION,  1801. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednelday,  the  2oth 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1801,  and  of  Mafonry58oi  : 

OFFICERS  present: 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 

EBENEZER  HUNTINGTON,  Sen.  Grand  Warden. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENEY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

FEANCIS  FEENCH,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Peter  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  Naplitali  Daggett,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

William  B.  Hall,  M.,  Alexander  Collins,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  2,  Middletown. 

Lazarus  Beach,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Joseph  Utley,  S.  W.,  Jesse  Eoot,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford. 

William  Knapp,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

WilHam  M.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  proxy  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

John  Thompson,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

John  Nott,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Roger  Bulkley,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Bigelow,  S.  W.,  John  R. 
Watrous,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


132  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  U^^J, 

Elijah  Stanton,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ezekiel  Scott,  proxy  J.  W., 
Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Moses  Cleveland,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Windham  County. 

Levi  Douglass,  M.,  Stephen  Jaryis,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Gideon  Eichards,  proxy  M.,  Eleazer  Judd,  S.  W.,  Federal, 
No.  17,  Watertown. 

Asa  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  John  Sanford,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Samuel  M.  Munson,  M.,  Abel  French,  S.  W.,  Henry  Curtiss, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Seth  Deming,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20, 
Berlin. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Nathaniel  F.  Dixon,  proxy  M.,  Consider  Sterry,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittelsey,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Benjamin  D.  Galpin,  M.,  Hezekiah  Whitmore,  S.  W.,  John 
Francis,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

William  Cogswell,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Ebenezer  F.  Bissell,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  John  Bestor,  J.  W.,  Village,  No.  29, 
West  Simsbury. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Josiah  Root,  S.  W.,  Ezra  Bradley, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Eliphalet  Bulkley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union, 
No.  31,  New  London. 

Piatt  Starr,  proxy  M,,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Heman  Atwater,  M.,  Ambrose  Hitchcock,  S.  W.,  Friendship, 
No.  33,  Southington. 

Diah  Manning,  proxy  M.,  Daniel  Sterling,  proxy  S.  W., 
Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Elijah  Gaylord,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 


1801.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  133 

Isaac  Owen,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Samuel  Hurlbut,  proxy  M.,  Horace  Higley,  proxy  J.  W., 
Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jedediah  Latlirop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  M.,  Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  S.  W.,  Seth  S. 
Smith,  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Elisha  Whittelsey,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Elisha  Sturdevant,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Benjamin  Upson,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Nathan  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Oliver  Bray,  S.  W.,  David  M.  Jewett,  J.  W.,  Pythagoras, 
No.  45,  Lyme. 

Forty-five  Lodges  represented, 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.   W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

Ebenezer  Huntington,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 
V  David  Baldvs^in,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  congratulated  upon  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, and  invested  with  the  jewels  of  their  different  offices  by 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  Grand  Communication  in 
October  last,  on  the  petitions  of  Moriah  and  Eastern  Star  Lodges, 
made  the  following  report,  viz  : 


134  GRAND  LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

To  the  M,  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  October  last,  a  committee 
on  the  petition  of  Moriah  Lodge,  praying  a  division  of  said  Lodge,  as  per  memo- 
rial on  file ;  and  also  a  committee  on  the  petition  of  Eastern  Star  Lodge,  praying 
for  leave  to  extend  said  Lodge  to  the  town  of  Windham,  and  to  hold  the  same 
alternately  at  Lebanon  and  Windham,  as  per  memorial  on  file ;  having  had  the 
before  mentioned  petitions  under  consideration,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  we  gave 
notice  to  the  Masters  and  Wardens  of  Moriah  and  Eastern  Star  Lodges  to  meet 
your  committee  at  Windham,  on  the  18th  inst.,  with  such  other  brethren  as  might 
feel  interested  in  said  petitions ;  at  which  time  and  place,  the  Masters  of  said 
Lodges,  with  about  thirty  brethren  appeared,  and  were  fully  heard  on  said  pe- 
titions. And  your  committee  are  of  opinion,  that  it  will  be  expedient  to  make  a 
division  of  Moriah  Lodge,  viz :  that  it  be  confined  in  its  sittings  to  the  first  Eccle- 
siastical Society  in  Canterbury ;  that  a  new  Lodge  be  formed  in  the  town  of  Pom- 
fret,  and  its  sittings  be  confined  to  the  first  Ecclesiastical  society  in  said  Pomfret. 
That  the  sittings  of  said  Eastern  Star  Lodge  be  confined  to  the  first  Ecclesiastical 
Society  in  Lebanon  and  Windham,  holding  the  same  alternately  in  those  two 
places.  All  of  which  is  submitted  by 

HENRY  CHAMPION, 

ASA  SPAULDING,  \  Committee. 

EBENEZER  HUNTINGTON, 

Hartford,  March  28,  1801. 


J 


Whereupon  it  was  resolved,  tliat  the  preceding  report  of  the 
committee  be  accepted  ;  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  form  a  new 
Lodge  to  be  holden  in  the  first  Ecclesiastical  Society  in  the  town 
of  Pomfret,  that  it  be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of 
"  Putnam  Lodge,"  No.  46  ;  that  our  Worshipful  Bro.  Lemuel 
Grosvenor,  be  named  in  said  charter  as  first  Master,  that  our 
beloved  brethren  Evan  Malbone  be  first  Senior  and  Thomas 
Hubbard  first  Junior  Warden,  of  said  Lodge,  agreeably  to  the 
request  of  the  applicants.  That  Moriah  Lodge  be  holden  in  the 
first  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  the  town  of  Canterbury  only,  and 
that  Eastern  Star  Lodge  be  holden  alternately  in  the  first  Ec- 
clesiastical Societies  of  the  towns  of  Lebanon  and  Windham. 

The  petition  which  was  presented  by  the  brethren  from  Ston- 
ington,  and  the  petition  which  was  presented  by  the  brethren 
from  Oxford,  at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  praying  for  the 
establishment  of  new  Lodges  in  those  towns  respectively,  were 
read,  and  after  having  been  severally  discussed,  were  both  nega- 
tived. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  be  had  issued  a  summona 


1801.]         GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  135 

requiring  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  to  appear  before  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  this  time,  to  make  answer  to  the  complaint  exhibited 
against  them  by  Washington  Lodge,  No.  19.  Those  Lodges 
being  both  present  by  their  representatives,  mutually  agreed 
and  requested  that  said  complaint  be  again  continued  ;  where- 
upon it  was  resolved,  that  the  parties  appear  before  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  their  communication  in  October  next,  fully  prepared 
to  be  heard  on  the  subject,  unless  a  previous  accommodation 
should  be  made  by  and  between  themselves. 

King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  holden  in  Derby,  represented 
that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  holden  in  Stratford,  had  initiated 
a  member  who  lived  within  the  limits  of  said  Hiram  Lodge,  and 
who  had  been  by  them  previously  rejected,  and  that  these  facts 
were  known  to  St  John's  Lodge  at  the  time  of  his  initiation  ; 
whereupon  resolved,  that  no  further  proceedings  be  had  on  the 
subject  at  this  time,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed 
to  issue  a  summons  requiring  the  said  Lodge,  No.  8,  to  appear 
before  this  Grand  Lodge  at  their  communication  in  October 
next,  to  make  answer  to  the  allegations  against  them,  contained 
in  said  representation  ;  and  that  said  Lodge,  No.  12,  be  also 
directed  to  produce  the  proof  they  have  in  support  of  the  facts 
contained  in  their  said  statement,  at  the  same  time. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  25, 
praying  that  the  Lodge  might  either  be  removed  from  the  par- 
ish of  Stepney,  where  it  is  now  holden,  into  the  first  society  in 
Wethersfield,  or  that  a  new  Lodge  be  organized  in  said  first 
society.  A  remonstrance  against  the  removal  of  said  Lodge 
was  at  the  same  time  also  presented  ;  after  both  had  been  read, 
and  a  lengthy  discussion  of  the  subject,  it  was  resolved,  that 
Brs.  William  Judd,  Solomon  Cowles  and  Sylvester  Wells  be 
appointed  to  examine  into  the  local  situation  and  circumstances 
both  of  the  petitioners  and  remonstrants,  and  make  report  of 
the  facts  that  appear,  with  their  opinion  thereon,  to  the  next 
Grand  Communication ;  first  giving  such  reasonable  notice  to 
those  concerned,  of  the  time  and  place  where  they  will  attend 
on  said  business,  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

The  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 


136  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Resolved,  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  be  entered  as  repfesenting  a  Lodge, 
unless  pursuant  to  the  resolution  of  Grand  Lodge,  passed  in  October,  A.  D.  1799, 
until  such  person  or  persons  shall  have  paid  to  the  Grand  Secretary  twenty-five 
cents  as  a  compensation  to  him  for  his  extra  trouble  in  this  respect ;  and  that  the 
returns  from  the  respective  Lodges  be  delivered  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  at  the 
time  that  the  names  of  its  officers  or  their  proxies  are  entered. 

The  G-rand  Secretary  reported  that  Western  Star  Lodge,  No. 
37,  and  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  were  not  represented  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication,  and  that  there  were  no  returns  from 
Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  and  Eastern  Star  Lodge,  No.  44.  The 
reasons  for  these  omissions  having  been  severally  heard,  the 
penalties  were  all  remitted  except  that  on  Eastern  Star  Lodge, 
which  was  also  remitted,  provided  that  their  returns  are  made 
previous  to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1801.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  137 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1801. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Aifembly 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1801,  and  of  Mafonry  5801 : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Sen.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

DANIEL  WORTHINGTON,  Jun.  G.  Warden,  p..  t. 

DANIEL  HOLBROOK,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

DAVID  BALDWIN,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  Past  Grand  Master. 

MEMBERS   present: 

Amos  Doolittle,  M.,  Samuel  Sackett,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

William  B.  Hall,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Lacey,  M.,  Joseph  Backus,  S.  W.,  Philo  Lyon,  proxy 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

William  Knapp,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

William  M.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  Phineas  Miller,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  Benjamin  Seward,  J.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Matthias  Nicholl,  M.,  John  Thompson,  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  8,  Stratford. 

John  Nott,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  proxy  S.  W.,  Compass,  No. 
9,  WaUingford. 

Daniel  Worthington,  M.,  Roger  Bulkley,  proxy  J.  W,, 
Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

18 


138  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Francis  French,  M.,  Abijah  Wilcoxen,  S.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

William  Dixon,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Windham  Co. 

Lemuel  BuUard,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  ^Droxy  M.,  Eleazer  Judd,  S.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  M.,  Samuel  C.  Blackman,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
18,  Newtown. 

Le  Grand  M.  Lewis,  proxy  M.,  Abel  French,  S.  W.,  Samuel 
M.  Munson,  proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Kuggles,  M.,  Joseph  Buggies,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's, 
No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  Allyn  Campbell,  proxy  J.  W.,  St. 
James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Jonathan  Wells,  proxy  M.,  James  L.  Belden,  proxy  J.  W., 
Columbia,  No.  25,  Stei^ney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Luther  Loomis,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

George  Humphrey,  M.,  Johji  Bestor,  J.  W.,  Village,  No.  29, 
West  Simsbury. 

Josiah  Boot,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  John  0.  Miner,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union,  No. 
31,  New  London. 

Josiah  Finney,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No,  32,  Warren. 

Ambrose  Hitchcock,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southingtou. 

Asa  Spaulding,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joel  Bradley,  M.,  Stephen  Graves,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35, 
Harwinton. 

Hezekiah  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 


1,801.]  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  139 

Samuel  Hiirlbut,  proxy  M,,  Arah  Phelps,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ben- 
jamin Welch,  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Thomas  Powers,  proxy  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 
Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 
Eli  Mygatt,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 
George  C.  Smith,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 
Benjamin  Upson,  M.,  Haraiony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 
Joseph  Wilcox,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 
Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 
David  M.  Jewett,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 
John  McClellan,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 
Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry. 

Upon  the  representation  of  Washington  Lodge,  No.  19,  com- 
plaining of  a  breach  of  By-Law  of  Grand  Lodge,  by  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  8,  (which  complaint  was  continued  from  the  Grand 
Communication  in  May  last,  and  the  said  parties  ordered  to  ap- 
pear at  this  time,)  in  admitting  persons  into  said  last  mention- 
ed Lodge,  who  lived  in  the  town  in  which  Washington  Lodge 
is  established,  without  complying  with  the  requirements  of  said 
By-Law  ;  the  facts  being  proved,  and  it  appearing  that  St. 
John's  Lodge  have  gone  into  said  practice  from  a  misconstruc- 
tion of  said  By-Law : 

Resolved,  That  St.  John's  Lodge  in  said  procedure,  have  erred  and  departed 
from  said  By-Law,  and  it  is  recommended  and  enjoined  on  said  Lodge  to  desist 
and  abstain  from  such  practices  in  future. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  he  had  issued  a  summons 
requu'ing  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  to  appear  and  make  answer 
to  the  complaint  exhibited  against  them  by  King  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  12,  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  holden  at  Hartford,  in  May  last, 
agreeably  to  the  directions  to  him  then  given.  The  Master  of 
said  Lodge  No.  8,  said  that  no  such  summons  had  been  received 
by  him,  and  that  he  was  unprepared  for  defence.  After  some 
few  remarks  on  the  subject,  it  was  resolved,  that  said  complaint 
be  continued  to  the  next  semi-annual  Grand  Communication^ 


140  GRAND  LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

and  the  parties  ordered  to  appear  at  that  time  fully  prepared  in 
the  premises. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  petition  and  remonstrance 
of  the  brethren  composing  Columbia  Lodge,  No,  25,  made  their 
report,  which  is  as  follows,  viz  : 

Your  committee  appointed  at  the  Grand  Communication  at  Hartford,  in  May 
last,  to  take  into  consideration  the  petition  of  a  number  of  the  brethren  of  Colum- 
bia Lodge,  No.  25,  praying  that  the  place  for  holding  said  Lodge  might  be  changed 
from  the  parish  of  Stepney,  in  the  town  of  Wethersfield,  to  the  first  society  in  said 
town,  or  that  a  new  Lodge  might  be  constituted  in  said  first  society ;  together 
with  the  remonstrance  of  a  number  of  the  brethren  of  said  Lodge  against  such 
removal,  &c.,  as  said  petition  and  remonstrance  on  file  may  appear,  and  to  report 
the  facts  together  with  our  opinion  thereon.  After  giving  due  notice  to  the  said 
petitions,  said  Columbia  Lodge,  and  all  the  brethren  in  interest,  we  met  them  at 
the  Lodge  room  in  the  parish  of  Stepney  aforesaid,  on  the  14th  day  of  September 
instant,  and  then  and  there  heard  the  parties  for  and  against  the  prayer  of  said 
petition ;  and  after  due  examination  do  find  that  said  Columbia  Lodge  consists 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  members,  viz :  twenty-seven  living  in  said  Step- 
ney ;  thirty-two  in  the  town  of  Glastenbury,  (twenty  of  whom  live  south  of  an 
east  and  west  line  drawn  through  said  town  of  Glastenbury,  and  upon  an  average 
about  two  miles  from  said  Lodge  room ;  the  other  twelve  upon  an  average  about 
five  miles  from  said  Lodge  room,)  that  five  of  said  members  reside  in  the  town  of 
East  Hartford ;  four  in  the  parish  of  Newington,  in  said  Wethersfield ;  six  in  the 
west  parish  of  Hartford ;  and  forty-two  in  the  said  first  society  in  Wethersfield. 
We  further  find  that  many  members  of  the  Lodge  are  violently  opposed  to  a  re- 
moval as  prayed  for,  and  none  appeared  opposed  to  the  establishment  of  a  new 
Lodge  in  said  first  society. 

Upon  the  facts  thus  found,  your  committee  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following 
opinion,  viz :  that  a  new  Lodge  be  established  in  said  first  Society  of  Wethersfield, 
the  south  line  thereof  to  be  an  east  and  west  line  drawn  across  GofF's  Bridge  in 
said  Wethersfield,  and  an  east  and  west  line  drawn  through  the  center  of  said 
Glastenbury ;  saving  to  all  the  present  members  of  said  Columbia  Lodge,  living 
north  of  said  lines,  to  elect  which  Lodge  they  will  belong  to,  by  personally  en- 
tering their  names  with  the  Secretary  of  one  of  said  Lodges. 

All  of  which  is  humbly  submitted  by  your  friends  and  brethren, 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  ) 

SYLVESTER  WELLS,  V  Committee. 
SOLOMON  COWLES,   } 

After  considerable  discussion,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  satisfied 
that  the  said  report,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  local  situation 
and  feelings  of  many  of  the  brethren  composing  that  Lodge, 
was  made  with  the  highest  judgment,  accuracy  and  precision  ; 
therefore  was  accepted,  but  that  part  which  relates  to  the  forma- 
tion of  a  new  Lodge,  was  rejected. 


1801.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  141 

Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  introduced  a  memorial,  in  which 
it  was  stated  that  many  of  the  brethren  of  that  Lodge  lived  in 
sundry  different  towns,  and  places  remote  from  the  regularly 
established  Lodge  room,  which  rendered  it  highly  inconvenient 
and  expensive  for  them  to  pay  such  attention  to  the  duties  of 
Masonry  as  is  required  by  the  orders  and  regulations  of  the  in- 
stitution :  to  remedy  which,  they  prayed  for  permission  to  hold 
said  Lodge  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Winchester,  Colebrook 
and  Canaan,  as  well  as  in  Norfolk,  where  it  was  first  established 
and  now  holden.  After  this  petition  had  been  read  and  some 
remarks  made  thereon,  it  was  postponed  to  the  next  Grand 
C  ommunication. 

Whereas,  sundry  instances  have  lately  occured  where  Lodges 
have  initiated  candidates  who  lived  within  the  limits  of  other 
Lodges,  contrary  to  and  in  direct  violation  of  a  By-Law  of 
Grand  Lodge,  in  such  case  specially  provided,  which  practice  to 
prevent  in  future — 

Resolved,  That  if  any  Lodge  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall 
initiate  any  person  contrary  to  the  By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  such  Lodge 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  Grand  Lodge  twenty  dollars ;  and  also  pay  to  the 
Lodge  within  which  limits  such  person  may  live,  the  amount  of  the  initiating, 
passing  and  raising  fee,  as  a  penalty  for  such  their  doings. 

Brs.  Ephraim  Koot,  Solomon  Cowles  and  Ezekiel  P.  Belden, 
or  any  two  of  them,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary  and  report. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


142  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


MAY  SESSION,  1802. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  19th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1802,  and  of  Mafonry,  5802 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  G.  Warden,  p.  t. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Jun.  G.  Warden,  p.  t. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

SOLOMON  COWLES,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

ASAPH  COLEMAN,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Sword  Bearer. 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  Past  Grand  Master. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT ! 

Amos  Doolittle,  M.,  Amos  Bradley,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

James  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Joseph  Utley,  S.  W.,  John  Ripley,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford. 

Jabez  Fitch,  proxy  M.,  Elkanah  Mead,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union, 
No.  5,  Greenwich. 

William  M.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  Phineas  Miller,  proxy,  S.  W., 
Taylor  Sherman,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  Wm.  Hawley,  S.  W.,  Elihu  Canfield, 
proxy  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  S.  W.,  EH  Brocket,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallinffford. 


1802.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  143 

Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  proxy  M.,  John  S.  Peters,  S,  W.,  Sam- 
uel A.  Peters,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

David  Parmelee,  proxy  M.,  John  Welch,  proxy  J.  W.,   St, 
Paul's,  No,  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  King  Hiram,No.  12,  Derby, 

Jeremiah  Dorsey,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No,  13,  Salisbury, 

Solomon  Cowles,  proxy  S,  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

John  Parish,  proxy  M,,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Whiting  Stanley,  proxy  M.,  Amos  Atwater,  proxy  S,  W., 
Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Judd,  S,  W,,  Leveret  Judd,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No,  17, 
Watertown, 

Elijah  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No,  19,  Huntington, 

John  Warner,  M,,  Seth  Deming,  S.  W.,  Sylvester,  Wells,  J. 
W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Buggies,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Elijah  Chapman,  S.  W.,  John  T. 
Peters,  proxy  J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

John  Francis,  M.,  Asaph  Coleman,  S.  W.,    Columbia,  No. 
25,  Stepney. 

Samuel  P.  Lord,  M.,  Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  proxy  S.  W., 
Columbia,  No,  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M,,  Eising  Sun,  No,  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

John  Bestor,  J,  W.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury, 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M,,  Dayspring,  No,  30,  Hamden, 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren, 

Samuel  Pardee,  M,,  Heman  Atwater,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship, 
No,  33,  Southington, 

Benjamin  Snow,  M,,  Jonathan  Lester,  proxy  J,  W,,  Somer- 
set, No,  34,  Norwich. 

Lewis  Catlin,  proxy  M.,  Uriah  Hopkins,  proxy  S.  W.,  Au- 
rora, No,  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  Bobbins,  M.,  St.  Marlvs,  No.  36,  Granby. 


144  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^J) 

Jeremiah  W.  Phelj^s,  M.,  Seth  Wetmore,  S.  W.,  Arali  Phelps, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

George  Cleveland,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Seth  S.  Smith,  S.  W.,  Ark,  No. 
39,  Weston. 

Elisha  Whittlesey,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Richard  Oshorn,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Wm.  Leavenworth,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  M.,  Nathan  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43, 
Killingworth. 

Timothy  Laraby,  proxy  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon, 

David  F.  Sill,  proxy  S.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Lemuel  Grosvenor,  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret, 

Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  and 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de- 
clared to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  David  Baldwin,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

W.  Taylor  Sherman,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  severally  congratulated  upon  their  appoint- 
ments, and  regularly  inducted  into  office,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

The  complaint  made  by  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  against 
St.  John's,  No.  8,  which  was  continued  from  the  Grand  Com- 
munication in  October  last,  was  again  read  ;  whereupon,  after 


1802.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  145 

some  discussion,  it  was  resolved,  tliat  Brs.  Samuel  Bellamy, 
Nathan  Preston  and  Eliliu  Sanford  be  a  committee  to  take  into 
consideration  the  subject  matter  of  said  complaint,  and  make  a 
full  investigation  of  everything  relative  to  the  controversy  sub- 
sisting between  those  two  Lodges,  and  report  the  facts,  with 
their  opinion  thereon,  to  the  next  Grand  Communication  ;  first 
giving  those  Lodges  due  and  seasonable  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  at  which  they  will  attend  to  the  business  of  their  said 
appointment. 

The  petition  from  Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  praying  for 
permission  to  hold  their  meetings  in  sundry  different  towns,  was 
again  read  ;  when,  on  motion  of  the  representatives  of  that 
Lodge,  it  was  continued  to  the  next  Grrand  Semi- Annual  Com- 
munication. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of  Eox- 
bury,  praying  for  a  charter  to  enable  them  to  form  a  new  Lodge 
there,  was  presented,  and  after  being  read,  continued  to  the  next 
Grand  Communication,  agreeably  to  the  rule  ;  and  Brs.  Nathan 
Preston  and  William  Hawley  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report  at  that  time. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  some  of  the  fraternity  in  the 
town  of  Norwich,  praying  to  be  recognized  as  a  just  and  regu- 
lar Lodge,  and  to  be  received  under  the  patronage  and  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Grand  Lodge,  in  consequence  of  a  charter  granted 
to  them  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  in  the  year 
1785,  by  the  name  of  "  Columbia" 

To  this,  objections  were  made,  to  the  effect,  that  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  previous  to  the  formation  of  Somerset  Lodge,  now 
holden  in  said  town  of  Norwich,  the  members  of  the  fraternity 
composing  said  Columbia  Lodge,  had  neglected  their  meetings, 
and  had  become  totally  inoperative  ;  that  by  this  neglect,  they 
had  voluntarily  given  up  all  right,  power  and  authority  derived 
to  them  by  virtue  of  said  charter  ;  and  so  considering  it,  the 
greatest  part  of  those  who  were  originally  members  of  said  Co- 
lumbia Lodge,  joined  with  others  in  the  application  to  this 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  formation  of  Somerset  Lodge. 

After  a  lengthy  discussion  of  the  subject,  the  petition  was 

19 


146  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

withdrawn,  on  motion  of  tlie  agent,  and  by  permission  of  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4, 
Hartford,  and  St.  Paul's  Lodge,  No.  11,  Litchfield,  had  each 
incurred  a  penalty  of  eight  dollars  for  non-attendance  at  the 
Grand  Communication  in  October  last.  The  representatives  of 
those  Lodges  severally  moved  that  the  infliction  of  said  penalty 
might  be  postponed  until  the  next  semi-annual  communication, 
when  they  exj)ect  to  be  able  to  satisfy  the  Grand  Lodge  that 
this  did  not  happen  through  carelessness  or  negligence.  The 
further  consideration  was  a(3cordingly  jjostponed. 

The  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand  Lodge  in 
course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Gh-and  Secretary. 


1802.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  147 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1802. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Malons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednelday,  the 
20th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1802,  and  of  Mafonry,  5802  : 

OFFICERS  present: 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 

DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
DAVID  BALDWIN,  S.  G.  D.,  and  S.  G.  W.,  p.  t. 
DANIEL  HOLBROOK,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
TAYLOR  SHERMAN,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon. 
WILLIAM  JUDD,  Past  Grand  Master. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Amos  Doolittle,  M.,  Naphtali  Daggett,  S.  W.,  Sam'l  Sackett, 
J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

WilHam  B.  Hall,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

William  DeEorest,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Noyes  Mather,  proxy  M.,  Jabez  Fitch,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union, 
No.  5,  Greenwich. 

William  M.  Betts,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  Wilham  Hawley,  S.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Matthias  Nichol,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

John  Nott,  M.,  Eli  Brocket,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wall- 
ingford. 

Daniel  Worthington,  M.,  Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  S.  W.,  John 
R.  Watrous,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Ephraim  Kirby,  M.,  Moses  Seymour,  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No. 
11,  Litchfield. 


148  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT,  [Oct. 

Francis  French,  M.,  James  Smith,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No. 
12,  Derby. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Asa  Bacon,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury, 

David  Badger,  M.,  Lemuel  Bull-ard,  proxy  S.  W.,  Temple, 
No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Judd,  S.  W.,  Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  J.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

David  Baldwin,  j^roxy  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

John  Wilcoxen,  M.,  Abel  French,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ezra  Lewis, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Benjamin  Piatt,  M.,  Joseph  Buggies,  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No. 
21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge, 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  Joseph  Chapman,  proxy  S.  W.,  Allyn 
Campbell,  proxy  J,  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

John  T,  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

John  Francis,  M.,  Benjamin  D.  Gralpin,  proxy  J,  W.,  Colum- 
bia, No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  J  W.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

John  Bestor,  J.  W.,  Village,  No,  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Job  Munson,  proxy  M.,  Joseph  Scranton,  proxy  J.  W.,  Day- 
spring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  John  0.  Miner,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union,  No. 
31,  New  London. 

John  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren, 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

William  W.  Haughton,  proxy  M,,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Nor- 
wich. 

Alexander  V.  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwin- 
ton. 

Hezekiah  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 


1802.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  149 

Benjamin  Welch,  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 
Jere   Hoadley,  proxy  M.,    Charles  Falkner,  proxy  S.  W., 
St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Seth  S.  Smith,   M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 
Ebenezer  Nichols,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 
George  C,  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 
William  Leavenworth,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 
Noah  Lester,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 
Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No,  44,  Lebanon. 
Moses  Warren,  proxy  S.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 
Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry  ; 
when  Bro.  Sanford,  one  of  the  committee  to  whom  was  referred 
the  complaint  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  against  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  8,  stated  that  in  consequence  of  the  ill  health  of 
one  of  the  committee,  they  had  not  been  able  to  attend  to  the 
duties  of  their  appointment,  and  were  not  prej^ared  to  make  re- 
port. The  parties  were  willing  to  have  it  brought  before  Grand 
Lodge  at  this  time.  The  complaint  was  read, — the  allegations 
were,  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  had  contravened  an  ordin- 
ance of  Grand  Lodge,  by  admitting  a  person  to  be  made  a  Ma- 
son whose  jjlace  of  residence  was  in  the  town  of  Derby,  in  the 
vicinity  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  who  had  been  rejected  by  said 
King  Hiram  Lodge,  and  which  was  known  to  said  St.  John's 
Lodge  previous  to  his  admission.  The  facts  in  the  information 
and  complaint  were  proved,  except  that  it  doth  not  appear  that 
the  rejection  of  said  person  by  King  Hiram  Lodge  was  known 
to  St.  John's  Lodge.  Whereupon  resolved,  that  the  conduct  of 
St.  John's  Lodge  in  the  matter  aforesaid,  is  highly  improper 
and  unwarrantable,  and  that  said  Lodge  be  admonished  to  ab- 
stain from  like  proceedings  in  future. 

The  petition  from  Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  requesting 
permission  to  hold  said  Lodge  in  sundry  different  towns,  con- 
tinued from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  withdrawn. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Box- 


150  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

bury,  praying  for  the  formation  of  a  new  Lodge  in  tliat  town, 
continued  from  last  Grand  Communication,  was  resumed.  The 
petitioners  presented  a  certificate  from  the  committee  appointed 
to  examine  the  Master  elect,  by  which  it  appears  they  have  per- 
formed the  services  to  them  assigned',  and  find  liim  well  qualified. 
After  sundry  remarks  for  and  against  the  grant  of  said  petition 
it  was  again  continued. 

The  penalties  which  were  incurred  by  St.  John's  Lodge,  No. 
4,  Hartford,  and  St.  Paul's  Lodge,  No,  11,  Litchfield,  for  non- 
attendance,  as  reported  by  the  Grand  Secretary  at  the  last  com- 
munication, were  remitted. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  18, 
Newtown,  and  St.  James'  Lodge,  No.  23,  Preston,  had  incurred 
penalties  for  non-attendance  at  the  last  communication  ;  their 
reasons  for  this  omission  having  been  severally  offered,  the  pen- 
alties were  remitted. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of  Leb- 
anon, Hebron,  Coventry  and  Bolton,  praying  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  Hebron,  was  presented  and  read  ; 
and  after  some  remarks  it  was  continued  to  the  next  semi-annual 
communication,  agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge, 
and  Brs.  Henry  Champion  and  John  E.  Watrous  appointed  a 
committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

A  petition  from  sundry  members  of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  25, 
praying  for  the  removal  of  that  Lodge  from  the  parish  of  Step- 
ney, where  it  is  established  by  charter,  to  the  first  society  in 
Wethersfield,  was  presented  ;  a  remonstrance  from  about  an 
equal  number  of  brethren  belonging  to  said  Lodge,  against  the 
removal  thereof,  was  also  presented.  After  a  lengthy  hearing 
of  the  parties  in  interest  and  some  discussion,  the  subject  was 
continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Brs.  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary  be  authorized  and  directed 
to  make  such  contract  with  Bro.  Amos  Doolittle  for  the  use  of  his  Lodge  room, 
to  accommodate  Grand  Lodge  when  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  as  they  may  judge 
most  expedient. 

An  address  from  Pier  E.  Brandin  to  the  Grand  Lodge  was 


1802.]         GRAXD  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  151 

received  ;  he  informs  that  Temple  Lodge,  No.  16,  Cheshire, 
pays  no  attention  to  a  complaint  which  he  exhibited  against 
sundry  of  their  members  for  personal  abuse  offered  to  himself, 
he  being  a  Mason.    No  order  taken  thereon. 

The  Grand  Secretary  presented  a  communication  from  the 
Eight  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Nova  Scotia,  containing  a 
list  of  the  officers  of  that  Grand  Lodge,  their  proceedings,  &c., 
accompanied  with  a  solicitation  for  some  pecuniary  aid  from 
this  Grand  Lodge,  and  the  subordinate  Lodges  within  its  juris- 
diction, to  assist  them  in  erecting  a  building  proper  for  a  Lodge 
room,  in  the  town  of  Halifax,  Avithin  the  said  province  of  Nova 
Scotia,  for  the  accommodation  of  said  Grand  Lodge.  After 
sundry  remarks  had  been  made  on  the  subject,  on  motion 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secratary  be  directed  to  inform  our  Right  Worship- 
ful brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Nova  Scotia,  that  we  receive  the  connuunica- 
tion  with  which  tliey  liave  been  pleased  to  honor  us,  with  the  highest  gratitude 
and  respect;  and  that  nothing  within  the  power  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be 
wanting  to  keep  up  that  friendly  and  fraternal  intercourse  with  them,  which  is  so 
essentially  necessary  to  the  dignity,  happiness  and  prosperity  of  the  craft ;  that 
we  also  deeply  regret  that  the  funds  of  this  Grand  Lodge  are  so  trifling  we 
cannot  afford  them  any  pecuniary  aid  therefrom.  That  the  funds  of  most  of  the 
private  Lodges  in  this  State  are  so  far  absorbed  by  contributions  for  the  relief  of 
indigent  brethren,  that  this  Grand  Lodge  have  not  as  yet  thought  it  expedient  to 
call  on  them  for  assistance  to  enable  us  to  construct  a  Lodge  room  for  our  own 
accommodation.  That  we  consider  the  prospect  of  procuring  the  aid  solicited, 
(though  the  object  is  highly  laudable.)  to  be  very  inconsiderable ;  nevertheless, 
the  several  Lodges  within  this  jurisdiction  shall  be  made  acquainted  with  this 
application,  and  have  the  necessary  direction  where  to  transmit  any  donations 
they  may  think  proper  to  make. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


152 


GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT. 


[Oct. 


BEWARE  OF  COUNTERFEITS! 


The  persons  whose  names  are  placed  in  two  columns  following  compose  two 
spurious  Lodges  :  the  first  in  the  citj'  of  Middletown,  the  second  in  the  city  of 
New  London ;  probably  since  this  information  was  obtained  their  numbers  have 
increased.  Joash  Hall.  Jun.,  an  arch  deceiver,  is  the  principal  promoter  of  this 
business ;  his  name  has  been  announced  to  you  heretofore  as  the  founder  of  a 
Lodge  of  this  kind  in  Wallingford.  I  have  it  in  charge  from  our  Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Master,  to  recommend  the  most  pointed  care  and  attention  in  the  admission 
of  visitors  into  your  Lodge,  who  are  not  personally  known ;  and  that  you  would 
strongly  inculcate  upon  all  the  brethren,  more  especially  the  young  and  inex- 
perienced, the  necessity  of  being  very  cautious  and  circumspect  in  their  inter- 
course with  all  who  appear  under  the  character  of  Masons,  that  no  knowledge  or 
advantage  may  be  gained  by  artful  designing  impostors. 

JOHN  MIX,   Grand  Secretary. 


Josiah  Powers, 
John  Bohannen, 
Edward  Shepard, 
William  Gilbert, 
Arba  Bradley, 
Daniel  Judd, 
Robert  Johnson, 
Timothy  Cornwall, 
Michael  Malony, 
William  Paddock, 
Kirtland  Fields, 
Alexander  Henry, 
Thaddeus  Manning, 


Joash  Hall,  Jun., 
Jonathan  Sizer, 
Joseph  Annable, 
William  Williams, 
Samuel  Sizer, 
William  Gale, 
William  Bentley, 
George  Culver, 
David  Rogers, 
Timothy  Sizer, 
Ebenezer  Colefax, 
John  Lewis, 
John  Annable, 
Christopher  Manwaring. 


1803.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  153 


MAY  SESSION,  i8o3. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  i8th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  i8o3,  and  of  Mafonry  5803  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  G.  Warden. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Jun.  G.  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

DANIEL  WORTHINGTON,  Senior  G.  Deacon,  p.  t. 

JOSIAH  ROOT,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT ! 

Hezekiali  Hotclikiss,  proxy  M,,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

William  B.  Hall,  M.,  Alexander  Collins,  S.  W.,  William  C. 
Hall,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Jabez  Fitch,  proxy  M.,  Elisha  Belcher,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
W.  Holly,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Samuel  Burrall,  proxy  M.,  Matthew  Marvin,  proxy  S.  W., 
Wilham  M.  Betts,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  Ahijah  S.  Hatch,  proxy  J.  W.,  King 
Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Daniel  Worthington,  M.,  Thomas  Bradford,  proxy  S.  W., 
Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

20 


154  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^y, 

John  Welch,  proxy  M.,  Aaron  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No. 

11,  Litchfield. 

Josiah  Dudley,  M.,  James  Smith,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No. 

12,  Derby. 

Adonijah  Strong,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Ezekiel  Scott,  proxy  S.  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Jedediah  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  M.,  Lemuel  Bullard,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  M.,  Asher  Blakesley,  S.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elijah  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Sylvester  Wells,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20, 
Berlin. 

Philo  Buggies,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Abner  Bradley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hart's,  No. 
22,  Woodbridge. 

Joseph  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Tubal  Case,  S.  W.,  Edmund  Free- 
man, J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

John  Francis,  M.,  Asaph  Coleman,  S.  W.,  Wm.  Bradford, 
J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Samuel  P.  Loid,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Levi  Collins,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

John  Bestor,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Josiah  Root,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Ambrose  Hitchcock,  M.,  Dan  Frisbie,  J;  W.,  Friendship, 
No.  33,  Southington. 

John  Tyler,  proxy  M.,  Benjamin  Ames,  proxy  S.  W.,  Thomas 
Hubbard,  J.  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Elijah  G-aylord,  M.,  Cyprian  Webster,  Jr.,  proxy  S.  W.,  Tim- 
othy Clark,  proxy  J.  W,,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 


1803.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  155 

Joseph  Cornish,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  George  Cleveland,  proxy  S.  W,,  St, 
Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

William  Cook,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Daniel  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Lemuel  Porter,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

David  Sill,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

John  McClellan,  proxy  M.,  Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  S.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Forty-five  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master, 
R.    W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

David  Baldwin,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Taylor  Sherman,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  severally  congratulated  upon  their  appoint- 
ments, and  regularly  inducted  into  office,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

The  business  which  was  unfinished  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication, was  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Maser  ordered  to  be 
brought  forward. 


156  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  petition  from  brethren  in  Koxbury,  j^raying  for  a  charter 
for  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  introduced,  and  there  being 
no  appearance  on  the  j^art  of  the  petitioners,  the  petition  was 
dismissed. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  the  towns  of  Lebanon,  He- 
bron, Coventry  and  Bolton,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a 
new  Lodge,  to  be  located  in  Hebron,  was  negatived. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  sundiy  brethren,  mem- 
bers of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  25,  praying  for  j^ermission  to  re- 
move from  the  j)arish  of  Stepney  to  the  first  society  in  Weth- 
ersfield,  was  again  resumed  ;  and  after  a  lengthy  hearing,  both 
of  the  petitioners  and  remonstrants,  and  a  minute  discussion, 
the  application  was  rejected. 

The  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary  reported  that  agreeably 
to  the  directions  given  them  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  their  last 
communication,  they  had  contracted  with  Bro.  Amos  Doolittle, 
for  the  use  of  his  hall,  to  accommodate  the  Grand  Lodge  when 
its  meetings  are  held  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  the  terms 
and  conditions  following,  to  wit : — The  Grand  Lodge  to  loan 
to  Bro.  Doolittle  one  hundred  dollars  from  its  funds,  the  inte- 
rest of  which  is  to  be  considered  as  full  compensation  for  the 
use  of  said  room  ;  the  principal  to  be  remanded  whenever  the 
Grand  Lodge  shall  direct ;  Bro.  Doolittle  also  reserving  the 
right  to  refund  the  principal  whenever  he  may  desire  ;  and  in 
either  case  the  contract  is  to  terminate.  Which  report  was  ac- 
cepted and  approved. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  Montgomery  Lodge,  No. 
13,  and  Putnam  Lodge,  No.  46,  had  each  incurred  a  penalty  of 
eight  dollars,  for  non-attendance  at  the  last  Grand  Communica- 
tion. The  reasons  for  these  delinquencies  having  been  severally 
heard,  the  penalties  were  remitted. 

It  was  stated  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  that  in  several  instances, 
persons  belonging  in  this  State  had  gone  into  New  York,  and 
there  been  initiated  into  Masonry  ;  whereupon,  the  following 
preamble  and  resolutions  were  unanimously  adoj)ted  : 

Whereas,  it  lias  been  represented  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  by  several  Lodges  be- 
longing to  its  jurisdiction,  that  instances  have  occurred  where  persons  have  gone 


1803.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  157 

from  the  limits  of  tliose  Lodges,  into  tlie  city  and  other  parts  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  and  there  been  initiated  into  the  Masonic  Society  ;  and  in  some  instances, 
it  is  presumed,  persons  have  tlius  been  initiated  wlio  could  not  have  gained  ad- 
mission had  their  characters  been  more  fully  known.     Therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  and  is  hereby  directed  to  acquaint  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York  with  this  practice,  and  request  them  to 
take  measures  to  prevent  it. 

Resolved,  That  no  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  shall  initiate  a  person  not  an 
inhabitant  of  this  State,  nor  one  who  has  not  resided  at  least  twelve  months  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Lodge  in  which  he  is  proposed  for  initiation,  and  his  character 
thoroughly  known. 

A  coj^y  of  a  vote  passed  by  a  number  of  Masons  residing  in 
the  town  of  Iforwich,  styling  themselves  ''  Columbia  Lodge," 
was  presented  and  read  ;  the  object  of  which  was  to  procure  an 
acknowledgment  of  their  legality  as  a  Lodge,  and  as  such  to  be 
received  under  the  patronage  and  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  make  a  critical  examination 
of  this  subject,  who  reported  the  following  facts  : — That  in  the 
year  1785,  a  Lodge  was  formed  in  the  town  of  Norwich,  under 
authority  of  the  Glrand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  by  the  name 
of  "  Columbia"  ;  that  the  members  thereof  held  regular  meet- 
ings, and  performed  the  various  duties  required  of  them  by  the 
general  regulations  of  Masonry,  for  about  one'year  after  its  or- 
ganization ;  that  from  and  after  that  time,  they  wholly  neg- 
lected the  performance  of  all  duties  in  the  corporate  capacity  of 
a  Lodge  ;  and  that  the  greatest  part,  if  not  all,  of  the  original 
members,  with  others,  became  petitioners  to  this  Grand  Lodge, 
for  the  charter  for  Somerset  Lodge  in  said  town  of  Norwich, 
which  was  about  ten  years  after  the  charter  was  granted  to  said 
Columbia  Lodge  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts. 

From  the  facts  thus  reported,  the  Grand  Lodge  arrived  at 
the  following  conclusions  : — That  by  long  neglect,  said  Colum- 
bia Lodge  had  forfeited  and  voluntarily  relinquished  all  rights, 
powers  and  privileges  vested  in  them  by  their  charter  from  Mas- 
sachusetts ;  that  at  the  formation  of  Somerset  Lodge,  said  Co- 
lumbia Lodge  was,  to  all  intents  and  purposes,  defunct,  and  its 
charter  null  and  void  ;  and  that  it  cannot  be,  and  ought  not 
ever  to  be  resuscitated. 


158  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  previous  question  was  then  put,  viz  :  whether  anything 
should  he  done  on  the  aforesaid  application  of  brethren  claim- 
ing to  he  "  Columbia  Lodge," — and  it  was  decided  in  the  neg- 
ative. 

The  following  resolution,  with  the  preamble,  was  offered,  and 
after  a  spirited  discussion,  adopted  : 

Whereas,  a  number  of  Masons  in  the  town  of  Norwich,  contrary  to  the  estab- 
lished regulations  of  Masonry  in  this  State,  have  withdrawn  themselves  from  the 
regular  Lodge  in  said  town,  and  under  pretence  of  authority  derived  from  an  ob- 
solete charter,  have  formed  themselves  into  a  Lodge,  without  the  sanction  or  con- 
sent of  this  Grand  Lodge.;  and  whereas,  said  Masons  presume  to  initiate,  pass 
and  raise  credulous  candidates,  to  the  great  injury  of  the  regularly  constituted 
Lodge  in  said  Norwich,  to  the  scandal  of  Masonry,  and  in  defiance  of  this  Grand 
Lodge ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  several  Lodges  within  this  jurisdiction  withhold  all  corres- 
pondence or  connection  with  said  pretended  Lodge  in  the  town  of  Norwich,  called 
"  Columbia,"  and  that  all  persons  who  have  been  or  hereafter  may  be  initiated, 
passed  or  raised  in  said  Lodge,  be  refused  admittance  into  any  regular  Lodge  in 
this  State. 

The  Grand  Secretary  presented  sundry  communications  which 
he  had  received  from  various  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States, 
in  some  of  which,  particularly  those  from  North  and  South 
Carolina,  propositions  were  made  for  a  Masonic  Convention,  to 
be  held  at  the  City  of  Washington,  for  the  purpose  of  forming 
a  Supreme  National  Grand  Lodge.  After  the  subject  had  re- 
ceived a  full  discussion,  it  was,  on  motion. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  such  a  measure  will  not 
conduce  to  the  interest  of  the  Masonic  institution,  and  that  a  concurrence  therein 
is  deemed  inexpedient. 

Resolved,  also,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  inform  the  several 
Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States  of  this  result. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1803.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  159 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1803. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Aflembly 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  19th 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1803,  and  of  Mafonry  5803: 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

K.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Sen.  Grand  Warden. 
JOHN  E.  WATROUS,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
SETH  S.  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
AMOS  DOOLITTLE,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Peter  Johnson,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

William  B.  Hall,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Elkanah  Mead,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Samuel  Burrall,  proxy  S.  W.,  William  M.  Betts,  J.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  Abijah  S.  Hatch,  proxy  S.  W.,  King 
Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  Beach,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  John  S.  Peters,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester. 

Josiah  Dudley,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Jedediah  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Judd,  M.,  Gideon  Richards,  proxy  S.  W.,  Federal, 
No.  17,  Watertown. 


160  GRAND  LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

John  Wilcoxen,  M.,  Abel  French,  J.  W.,  Washington,  No. 
19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Philo  Euggles,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Moses  Bobbins,  proxy  M.,  Thomas  B.  Gray,  jiroxy  J.  W.,  St. 
James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Heman  Storrs,  proxy  J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No. 25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

George  Humphrey,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Sims- 
bury. 

Josiah  Boot,  M.,  Hezekiah  Bracket,  S.  W.,  John  Hubbard, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Abishai  Woodward,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M.,  Josiah  Finney,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Sun, 
No.  32,  Warren. 

Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Elijah  Gaylord,  M.,  Cyprian  Webster,  proxy  J.  W.,  Aurora, 
No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Hezekiah  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Arab  Phelps,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremy  Hoadley,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Seth  S.  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ark, 
No.  39,  Weston. 

Eli  Perry,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Lemuel  Porter,  M.,  Frederick  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Nathan  Wilcox,  S.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Thirty-nine  Lodges  represented. 


1803,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  161 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry, 
when  a  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in 
the  County  of  Trumbull,  and  State  of  Ohio,  representing  that 
the  fraternity  were  numerous  in  that  quarter ;  that  there  was 
no  Grand  Lodge  in  that  State  ;  that  they  had  principally  emi- 
grated from  the  State  of  Connecticut,  and  that  there  was  no 
Grand  Lodge  to  whom  they  could,  with  so  much  propriety,  ap- 
ply as  to  this,  under  whose  fostering  hand,  much  the  greatest 
part  of  them  had  derived  their  existence  as  Masons — praying 
for  the  formation  of  a  new  Lodge  in  the  town  of  Warren,  County 
of  Trumbull,  aforesaid. 

The  petition  was  referred  to  a  special  committee,  who,  after 
taking  the  subject  matter  of  the  same  into  careful  consideration, 
reported  in  favor  of  the  petition  and  recommended  the  adoption 
of  a  resolution  that  it  was  expedient  to  grant  the  prayer  thereof. 
After  sundry  remarks  had  been  made  thereon,  the  report  was 
accepted,  and  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted,  and 
that  our  Worshipful  Brother  Tyrhand  Kirtland  be  first  Master, 
and  the  other  officers  confirmed  in  their  respective  appointments, 
agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  petitioners  ;  the  Lodge  to  be 
known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  "  Erie,"  No.  47  ;  and  the 
authority  given  to  them  by  virtue  of  this  charter  to  continue 
and  be  in  force  for  one  year  from  and  after  the  time  when  there 
shall  be  a  Grand  Lodge  regularly  constituted  within  and  for  the 
State  of  Ohio. 

Another  petition  was  also  presented  from  sundry  brethren 
who  had  formed  a  settlement  on  the  river  Sciota,  in  said  State 
of  Ohio,  praying  for  the  formation  of  a  new  Lodge  there  ;  which 
petition  was  granted,  and  a  charter  to  issue,  with  the  same 
powers  and  limited  to  the  same  duration  as  that  in  the  county 
of  Trumbull ;  our  Worshipful  and  Keverend  Brother  James 
Kilbourn  to  be  first  Master,  and  the  other  officers  confirmed  in 
their  respective  appointments,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said 
petitioners  ;  the  Lodge  to  be  holden  in  the  town  of  Wor thing- 
ton,  and  to  be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  "  New 

England,"  No,  48. 

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162  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Western  Star  Lodge,  No. 
37,  had  incurred  a  penalty  of  eight  dollars  for  non-attendance  at 
the  last  Grand  Communication ;  the  reasons  in  excuse  having 
been  heard,  the  penalty  was  remitted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1804.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  163 


MAY  SESSION,  1804. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  16th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1804,  and  of  Mafonry,  5804: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

K.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  EIPLEY,  2d,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
ELIHU  SANFORD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Peter  Johnson,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Benjamin  Hall,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Joseph  Utley,  S.  W.,  John  Ripley,  2d,  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  4,  Hartford. 

John  Stevens,  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Phineas  Miller,  proxy  M.,  Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  S.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Robert  Pairchild,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  L.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford, 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  John  S.  Peters,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Abijah  Wilcoxen,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Elisha  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


164  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Water- 
town. 

Josiah  Fairchild,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elijah  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.,  20,  Berlin. 

Joseph  Euggles,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St,  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  M.,  Edmund  Freeman,  J.  W.,  Uriel, 
No.  24,  Tolland. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam, 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  S  W.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

John  Ingraham,  proxy  M.,  Josiah  Bissell,  S.  W.,  Morning 
Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

John  Hubbard,  J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Abishai  Woodward,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union, 
No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M,,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Dan  Frisbie,  J.  W.,  Friendship, 
No.  33,  Southington. 

Benjamin  Ames,  proxy  J.  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich, 

Timothy  Clark,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No,  35,  Harwinton. 

Samuel  Hurlbut,  proxy  M.,  Benjamin  Welch,  S,  W.,  Elea- 
zer  Holt,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremy  Hoadley,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No,  39,  Weston, 

Epaphras  W.  Bull,  J.  W,,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

George  C,  Smith,  M,,  Federal,  No,  41,  Brookfield. 

Lemuel  Harrison,  proxy  M.,  Timothy  Gibbards,  proxy  J.W,, 
Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury, 

Joseph  Wilcox,  2d,  M,,  Nathan  Wilcox,  S,  W.,  Trinity,  No. 
43,  Killingworth, 

Daniel  Tilden,  M,,  Eastern  Star,  No,  44,  Lebanon, 


1804,]  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  165 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 
Lemuel  Ingalls,    proxy  M.,    George  Learned,   proxy  S.  W., 
John  Fox,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Forty-two  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de- 
clared to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  David  Baldwin,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  John  Ripley,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3, 
St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Morning  Star,  No.  28, 
Somerset,  No.  34,  Union,  No.  40,  and  Putnam,  No.  46,  had 
each  incurred  a  penalty  of  eight  dollars,  for  non-attendance  at 
the  last  Grand  Communication  ;  and  that  Union  Lodge,  No. 
40,  had  incurred  a  further  penalty  of  five  dollars,  for  not  send- 
ing their  returns  at  that  time.  The  reasons  for  these  delin- 
quencies having  been  severally  ofiered,  the  penalties  were  all 
remitted,  except  that  of  eight  dollars  on  Putnam  Lodge,  No. 
46,  for  non-attendance,  and  that  of  five  dollars  on  Union  Lodge, 
No.  40,  for  neglecting  to  make  returns,  both  of  which  were 
inflicted. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of  Ox- 
ford, praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  there,  was 
presented,  and  after  having  been  read,  was  continued  to  the 


166  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

next  Grand  Communication.  Brs.  Elihu  Sanford  and  Francis 
French  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  W.  Master 
elect,  and  report. 

A  similar  petition  was  presented  from  brethren  in  Eoxburj^, 
for  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  also  laid  over  ;  and  Brs. 
Nathan  Preston  and  Nathaniel  Perry  appointed  to  examine  the 
W.  Master. 

The  appeal  of  Br.  Henry  Beardsley,  from  the  action  of  Ark 
Lodge,  No.  39,  pronouncing  against  him  a  sentence  of  expul- 
sion, was  received  and  read  ;  whereupon,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed, consisting  of  Brs.  Josiah  Lacey,  John  Thompson  and 
Samuel  C.  Blackman,  with  full  power  to  make  a  thorough  in- 
vestigation of  every  matter  alluded  to  in  said  appeal,  and  the 
complaint  exhibited  against  said  appellant  ;  said  committee  to 
report  at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

Brs.  David  Daggett,  Samuel  Bellamy  and  Naphtali  Daggett 
were  appoined  a  committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of 
the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  trae  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1804.]        GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  167 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1804. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
18th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1804,  and  of  Mafonry,  5804 : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  '. 

R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Sen.  Grand  Warden. 
NATHAN  WHEELER,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
DAVID  BALDWIN,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
TAYLOR  SHERMAN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Naphtali  Daggett,  M.,  Robert  Brown,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M,,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Lacey,  M.,  Benjamin  Hall,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

John  Caldwell,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Taylor  Sherman,  proxy  M.,  Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  S.  W., 
William  M.  Betts,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  proxy  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

John  Thompson,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  L.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  WaUingford. 

Thomas  Bradford,  proxy  M.,  Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  J.  W., 
Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Abijah  Wilcoxen,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Isaac  Pardy,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 


168  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Moses  Cleveland,  proxy  M.,  Moriali,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

John  Plymart,  J.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Charles  Merriman,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Wheeler  Fairchild,  J.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eli  Smith,  S.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Benjamin  Clapp,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Jonathan  0.  Moseley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Ebenezer  S.  Bissell,  proxy  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M,,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Ambrose  Hitchcock,  M.,  Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Friend- 
ship, No.  33,  Southington. 

Timothy  Clark,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joseph  Cornish,  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Eleazer  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Nathan  Wheeler,  M.,  Lemuel  Sanford,  proxy  S.  W.,  Seth  S. 
Smith,  proxy  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Gilead  Ambler,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

George  C.  Smith,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Lemuel  Porter,  M.,  Frederick  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  M.,  Nathan  Wilcox,  S.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43, 
Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

David  M.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

George  Learned,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Forty-two  Lodges  represented. 


1804.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  169 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  consideration  of  the  business  which  was 
laid  over  at  the  last  G-rand  Communication. 

The  petition  from  brethren  in  Oxford,  praying  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  taken  uj),  when  the 
committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Master  elect  reported  that 
they  had  performed  the  duties  of  that  appointment,  and  found 
him  well  qualified.  Whereupon,  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter 
be  granted  to  the  petitioners,  authorizing  them  to  form  and 
hold  a  regular  Lodge  in  said  town  of  Oxford,  to  be  known  and 
designated  by  the  name  of  "Morning  Star"  ;  in  which  charter 
our  Worshipful  Brother  Abel  Wheeler  is  to  be  named  as  the 
first  Master,  and  the  other  ofiicers  confirmed  in  their  respective 
appointments,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  for  the 
said  charter. 

The  petition  of  brethren  in  Roxbury,  praying  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  taken  up  and  read, 
and  the  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  W. 
Master  elect  not  being  satisfactory,  the  question  on  granting  a 
charter  was  decided  in  the  negative. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred,  at  the  Grand  Commu- 
nication in  May  last,  the  appeal  of  Henry  Beardsley,  from  the 
sentence  of  expulsion  pronounced  against  him  by  Ark  Lodge, 
No.  39,  located  in  the  town  of  Weston,  made  their  report,  in 
writing.  The  report  having  been  read,  a  lengthy  discussion 
ensued,  which  resulted  in  a  resolution  rejecting  the  report  and 
ordering  a  new  committee  to  be  appointed.  Whereupon,  Brs. 
Eli  Mygatt,  of  Danbury,  Asa  Chapman,  of  Fairfield,  and  Wil- 
liam M.  Betts,  of  Norwalk,  were  appointed  a  committee,  with 
instructions  to  meet  at  Weston,  or  such  other  convenient  place 
as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  parties  interested,  and  there  to 
take  into  consideration,  and  critically  and  carefully  to  investi- 
gate, the  subject  of  the  said  appeal  of  Henry  Beardsley  from 
the  sentence  of  expulsion  pronounced  against  him  by  said  Ark 
Lodge,  on  the  complaint  of  Bro.  James  Rowell,  at  the  expense 

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170  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

of  said  appellant  ;  said  committee  to  report  at  the  next  Grand 
Communication. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and 
Grand  Secretary,  reported  that  they  had  attended  to  the  duty 
assigned  them,  and  found  due  to  the  Grand  Lodge  from  the 
Treasurer,  one  hundred  and  one  dollars  and  seventy-four  cents, 
and  from  the  Secretary,  two  hundred  and  nineteen  dollars  and 
thirty-eight  cents  ;  which  report  was  accepted  and  approved, 

A  petition  was  presented  from  members  of  Harmony  Lodge, 
No.  42,  asking  permission  to  hold  their  communications  alter- 
nately in  the  parish  of  Salem  and  in  the  First  Society  of  the 
town  of  Waterbury.  Whereupon,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42,  established  and  holden  in  the  parish 
of  Salem,  town  of  Waterbury,  be  permitted  to  hold  their  meetings  one  year  ia 
said  parish  of  Salem,  and  one  year  in  the  First  Society  in  said  Waterbury,  alter- 
natelj^,  agreeably  to  the  wishes  of  the  brethren  composing  said  Lodge,  commu- 
nicated to  the  Grand  Lodge  by  their  petition  on  file ;  anything  in  their  charter  to 
the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Gra7id  Secretary. 


1805.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  171 


MAY  SESSION,  1805. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1805,  and  of  Mafonry  5805  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Sen.  Grand  Warden. 

SAMUEL  WHITTLESEY,  Jun.  Grand  Warden. 

MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

DAVID  BALDWIN,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon. 

JOHN  RIPLEY,  2d,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT : 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  John  Ripley,  2d,  S.  W.,  St,  John's,  No. 
4,  Hartford, 

James  Stevens,  M,,  Union,  No,  5,  Greenwich, 

Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M,,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Adonijah  F.  Bradford,  S.  W.,  Roger  Bulkley,  proxy  J,  W., 
Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Francis  French,  M,,  James  Smith,  S.  W.,  Abraham  Smith, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Jeremiah  Dauchy,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Luke  Wadsworth,  proxy  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Stedman  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbuiy. 


172  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

John  Plymart^  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Micah  Blakesley,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No. 
17,  Watertown. 

John  Wilcoxen,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Luther  Beckley,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20, 
Berlin. 

Benjamin  Piatt,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Tubal  Case,  S.  W.,  Edmund  Freeman,  J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24, 
Tolland. 

Epaphro'   Champion,   proxy  M.,    Columbia,    No.  26,    East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N,  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

John  Hubbard,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Thomas  H.  Rawson,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Nathaniel  Berry,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Ithuel  Clark,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southingtou. 

Benjamin  Snow,  M.,  Somerset,  No,  34,  Norwich. 

Stephen  Graves,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

James  Hyllyer,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Jeremiah  W.  Phelps,  M.,  Benjamin  Welch,  S.  W.,  Western 
Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

George  Cleveland,  proxy  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford, 

Seth  S.  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Epaphras  W.  Bull,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Lemuel  Porter,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Noah  Lester,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Calvin  Selden,  M.,  Nathaniel  Matson,  proxy  S.  W.,  Pytha- 
goras, No.  45,  Lyme. 

George  Lamed,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 
Forty-two  Lodges  represented. 


1805.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  173 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grrancl  Lodge  was  opened  iu  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
E.   W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Samuel  Whittlesey,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 

Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer, 

John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

David  Baldwin,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

John  Ripley,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  were  severally  congratulated  upon  their  apjDoint- 
ments,  and  regularly  inducted  into  office,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master,  agreeably  to  ancient  usages. 

The  committee  which  was  appointed  at  the  Grand  Commu- 
nication in  October  last,  on  the  appeal  of  Henry  Beardsley,  made 
their  report,  which  was  accepted  ;  and  the  sentence  of  expulsion 
pronounced  against  him  by  Ark  Lodge,  No.  39,  of  which  he 
was  a  member,  for  having  criminal  intercourse  with  the  daugh- 
ter of  a  brother,  was  fully  ratified  and  confiraied. 

On  application  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  43,  for  permission  to 
hold  that  Lodge  a  part  of  the  time  in  the  town  of  Saybrook,  it 
was  resolved,  that  they  be  permitted,  authorized  and  directed 
to  hold  said  Lodge  in  the  first  society  in  said  Saybrook,  in  the 
months  of  March,  Aj)ril,  May,  and  June,  each  year,  during  the 
pleasure  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  application  made  by  Uriel  Lodge,  No.  24,  for  permission 
to  hold  said  Lodge  in  sundry  different  towns  adjoining,  or  near 
to  that  in  which  it  is  established  by  charter,  was  negatived, 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of  He- 
bron, Bolton,   Coventry  and  Columbia,  praying  for  the  estab- 


174  GRAND   LODGE    OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

lisliment  of  a  new  Lodge,  was  presented,  read,  and  continued, 
agreeably  to  tlie  regulations  of  G-rand  Lodge  ;  and  Brs.  Samuel 
Whittlesey  and  Roger  Bulkley  appointed  a  committee  to  examine 
the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1805.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  175 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1805. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
16th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1805,  and  of  Mafonry,  5805  : 

OFFICERS  present: 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

EPHRAIM  ROOT,  Junior  Grand  AVarden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

DAVID  BALDWIN,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

FRANCIS  FRENCH,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  '. 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Samuel  Sackett,  J,  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

Enoch  Foot,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jonathan  Knight,  M.,  Josiah  Thatcher,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  Roger  Bulkley,  S.  W.,  Asa  Bigalow, 
J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  James  Smith,  S.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No. 
12,  Derby. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


176  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Eiifus  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Moriali,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

John  Plyraart,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elijah  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Isaac  T.  Hough,  proxy  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  20,  Berlin. 

Eli  Todd,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Joshua  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Tubal  Case,  proxy  M.,  Koger  Waldo,  S.  W.,  Joseph  Crocker, 
J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Marvin  Dayton,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Epaphro'  Champion,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  J.  W.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Samuel  B.  Kingsley,  J.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Ambrose  Hitchcock,  M.,  Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Friend- 
ship, No.  33,  Southington. 

Benjamin  Snow,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Chauncey  Pettibone,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Blakesley,  J.  W.,  Western 
Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

William  Beard,  proxy  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Epaphras  W.  Bull,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

George  C.  Smith,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Frederick  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbuiy. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 
Thirty-nine  Lodges  represented. 


1805.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  177 

IN  AMPLE  FOKM. 

The  G-rand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry, 
when  the  consideration  of  the  petition  from  sundry  brethren  re- 
siding in  the  towns  of  Hebron,  &c.,  praying  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  new  Lodge,  which  petition  was  presented  to  this 
Grand  Lodge  in  May  last,  was  resumed.  The  committee  ap- 
pointed to  examine  the  Master  elect,  reported  that  they  had 
made  the  examination  as  directed,  and  found  him  well  qualified. 
After  some  discussion,  the  consideration  of  the  petition  was 
again  postponed  to  the  Grand  Communication  in  May  next. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  sundry  Lodges  that  were  not 
represented,  and  did  not  make  returns  to  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication. The  reasons  for  those  omissions  having  been  sev- 
erally heard  from  the  representatives  of  the  delinquent  Lodges, 
the  penalties  were  all  remitted,  excepting  one  of  five  dollars  on 
Meridian  Sun  Lodge,  No.  32,  and  one  of  the  same  sum  on 
Federal  Lodge,  No.  41,  which  were  both  inflicted  for  their  neg- 
lecting to  make  returns. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of  New 
Hartford  and  Barkhamsted,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a 
Lodge  in  said  New  Hartford,  was  presented,  read,  and  continued 
to  the  next  semi-annual  communication,  agreeably  to  the  regu- 
lations of  Grand  Lodge,  and  Brs.  George  Humphrey  and  Jere- 
miah W.  Phelps  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master 
elect,  and  report. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the 
towns  of  Franklin,  Bozrah  and  Lisbon,  j^raying  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  Lodge  in  said  town  of  Franklin  ;  which  having 
been  read,  was  continued  agreeably  to  regulations  of  Grand 
Lodge,  and  Brs.  Moses  Cleveland  and  Luther  Payne  appointed 
a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

A  petition  from  Uriel  Lodge,  No.  24,  praying  for  liberty  to 
remove  said  Lodge  from  Tolland,  the  place  where  it  is  now  hol- 
den  and  established,  to  the  North  society  in  Mansfield,  for  the 
better  accommodation  of  the  brethren  composing  the  same,  was 
presented  and  read.     After  a  full  discussion  of  the  subject,  it 

23 


178  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

was  resolved,  tliat  said  Uriel  Lodge  liave  liberty,  and  liberty 
and  authority  are  hereby  granted,  to  remove  and  hold  said 
Lodge  in  said  North  society  of  Mansfield,  during  the  pleasure 
of  this  Grand  Lodge  ;  provided  the  place  of  holding  the  same 
shall  not  be  within  the  distance  of  ten  miles  of  any  other  regu- 
lar constituted  Lodge  ;  anything  in  their  charter  to  the  contrary 
notwithstanding. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Ch-and  Secretary. 


1806.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  179 


MAY  SESSION,  1806. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  14th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1806,  and  of  Mafonry,  5806: 

OFFICERS  present: 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SAMUEL  BELLAMY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

ELIHU  SANFORD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

TIMOTHY  BURR,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MOSES  CLEVELAND,  Grand  Marshal. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Samuel  Bellamy,  M.,  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hi- 
ram, No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Gershom  Burr,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  Timothy  Burr,  S.  W.,  James  Ward,  J. 
W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner,  J.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Augustus  Cook,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford, 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  Roger  Bulkley,  S.  W.,  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester. 

Sheldon  Gracey,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


180  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^^y, 

Isaac  Pardy,  proxy  M,,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Eufus  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Lemuel  Bullard,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Water- 
town. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eli  L.  Hawley,  S.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Benjamin  Piatt,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Tubal  Case,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Marvin  Dayton,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Josiah  Bissell,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Kiverius  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  West  Simsbury. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

William  P.  Cleveland,  proxy  M.,  Union  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Stephen  Graves,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  Robins,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Jeremiah  W.  Phelps,  jjroxy  M.,  Samuel  Blakesley,  S.  W,, 
Horace  Higley,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  J.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Epaphras  W.  Bull,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

William  Meeker,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Frederick  Hotchkiss,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Zenas  House,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

David  M.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Levi  Candee,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford 

Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 


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1806.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  181 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  tlie  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de- 
clared to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmek,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Samuel  Bellamy,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Elihu  Sanford,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  Timothy  Burr,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  business  which  was  unfinished  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication, was  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  ordered  to  be 
brought  forward. 

The  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of 
Hebron,  &c.,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  and 
which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was 
introduced,  and  after  a  lengthy  and  critical  discussion  of  the 
subject  matter  thereof,  it  was  withdrawn  by  the  petitioners. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  in  New 
Hartford,  &c.,  which  was  presented  to  Grand  Lodge  at  their 
communication  in  October  last,  praying  to  be  formed  into  a  new 
Lodge,  was  resumed ;  but  in  consequence  of  some  informality 
in  the  proceedings  of  the  petitioners,  was,  on  their  motion  con- 
tinued to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2y 
Middletown  ;  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown  ;  Meridian  Sun,  No, 
32,  Warren ;  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton  ;  Trinity,  No,  43,, 
Killingworth  ;  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret ;  and  Morning  Star^ 
No.  47,  Oxford,  were  not  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication. The  reasons  for  those  omissions  having  been  heard 
from  the  representatives  of  those  Lodges  respectively,  the  pen- 
alties were  all  remitted. 


182  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Branford,  pray- 
ing that  a  new  Lodge  may  be  established  in  that  town,  was 
presented,  read  and  continued  agreeably  to  regulations  of  Grand 
Lodge.  Brs.  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss  and  Jeremiah  Parmelee  were 
appointed  a  committeee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  re- 
port. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Kent,  praying  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  also  presented,  read 
and  continued.  Brs.  John  Talmadge  and  Lysander  Curtis  wero 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

W.  Brs.  D.  Daggett  and  S.  Bellamy  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and 
Secretary,  and  report. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1806.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  183 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1806. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
15th  day  of  Oftober,  A.  D.  1806,  and  of  Mafonry,  5806 : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SOLOMON  COWLES,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

CHARLES  JENKS,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

JOHN  WALES,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

GEORGE  HUMPHREY,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t, 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Lambert  Lockwood,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport, 

John  Wales,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Elkanah  Mead,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

John  Thompson,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Chauncey  Cook,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

Roger  Bulkley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Midian  Griswold,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

John  Plymart,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Judd,  M.,  Garret  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Federal,  No. 
17,  Watertown. 


184  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Cyras  Prindle,  proxy  S.  W.,  Jona- 
than Prindle,  j^roxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elisha  Hawley,  M.,  William  Clark,  proxy  S.  W.,  Washing- 
ton, No.  19,  Huntington. 

John  Warner,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  .20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Allen  Campbell,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Koger  Waldo,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Marvin  Dayton,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Samuel  Gr.  Huntington,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  John  Hubbard,  S.  W.,  Ezra  Bradley  proxy 
J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Stephen  Johnson,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Cushing  Eells,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Stephen  Graves,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Luther  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  M.,  Frederick  Plumb,  proxy  S.  W.,  Jere- 
miah W.  Phelps,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  S.  W., 
Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Colby  Chamberlain,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Frederick  Hotchkiss,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  proxy  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Zabdiel  Hyde,  proxy  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Levi  Candee,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 


1806.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  ,185 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry, when  the  M.  W.  Grrand  Master  ordered  that  the  business 
which  was  not  finished  at  the  last  Communication  should  be 
introduced. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  New  Hartford,  &c.,  with 
the  documents  accompanying  it  was  read,  and  after  a  lengthy 
discussion,  negatived. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Branford  was  read,  discuss- 
ed and  negatived. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Kent,  &c.,  was  read  ;  the 
committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication  to  ex- 
amine the  Master  elect,  reported  that  they  had  made  the  exam- 
ination and  found  him  well  qualified  ;  whereupon,  it  was  resol- 
ved, that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  be  granted,  and  that  a 
charter  be  issued  forming  the  petitioners  into  a  just  and  regular 
Lodge,  by  the  name  of  "  St.  Luke,"  No.  48,  to  be  holden  in  the 
town  of  Kent,  and  that  our  brother  John  Eaymond  be  first 
Master,  and  the  Wardens  confirmed  in  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St,  Paul's  Lodge,  No,  11, 
Columbia  Lodge,  No,  26,  and  Somerset  Lodge,  No,  34,  were 
not  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  The  rea- 
sons for  the  apparent  neglect  having  been  severally  stated  by 
the  representatives  of  those  Lodges,  the  penalties  were  all  re- 
mitted. 

The  Grand  Secretary  also  reported  that  Union  Lodge,  No. 
40,  did  not  make  returns  to  the  last  Grand  Communication. 
No  reasons  being  offerred  for  this  omission,  a  penalty  of  five 
dollars  was  inflicted  on  said  Union  Lodge. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary  made  their  report,  which 
report  was  accepted  and  approved, 

A  petition  from  Ark  Lodge,  No.  39,  stating  a  number  of  in- 
conveniences which  they  experienced  by  being  obliged  to  hold 
that  Lodge  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Weston  and  Redding, 

24 


186  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

was  presented  and  read  ;  after  hearing  and  attending  to  the  re- 
marks and  exhibits  of  the  petitioners,  it  was  resolved,  that  said 
Ark  Lodge  be  holden  in  either  or  both  of  said  towns  of  Weston 
and  Bedding,  as  the  brethren  composing  the  same  shall  direct. 

On  the  appeal  of  Vine  Utley  from  the  decision  of  Western 
Star  Lodge,  No  37,  pronouncing  against  him  a  sentence  of  ex- 
pulsion, Brs.  John  Mix,  Henry  Champion  and  John  Wales, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  hear  the  parties  in  said  appeal, 
and  investigate  the  subject  in  such  way  and  manner  as  to  them 
shall  appear  just  and  proper,  and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a 
statement  of  the  facts,  with  their  opinion  thereon,  at  some  fu- 
ture communication  ;  first  giving  said  parties  due  and  reason- 
able notice  of  the  time  and  place  where  they  will  attend  to  the 
business  of  their  said  appointment. 

The  copy  of  a  vote  of  Washington  Lodge,  No.  19,  holden  in 
the  town  of  Huntington,  was  presented  and  read  ;  by  which  a 
certain  Abraham  Dunning,  who  now  resides  in  the  vicinity  of 
that  Lodge,  was  unanimously  excluded  and  prohibited  from 
visiting  the  same,  in  consequence  of  the  vileness  of  his  charac- 
ter ;  and  that  neither  they  as  a  Lodge  nor  individuals  would 
hereafter  consider  or  treat  him  in  any  respect  as  a  Mason. 
Which  vote  was  accompanied  with  a  statement  that  this  Dun- 
ning had  made  application  to  that  Lodge  for  initiation  and  was 
rejected  ;  that  he  then  applied  to  a  Lodge  in  New  Lebanon,  or 
some  other  part  of  the  State  of  New  York,  where  his  character 
was  only  superficially  known,  and  admitted  ;  and  that  from  the 
general  baseness  of  his  character  they  consider  him  highly  dis- 
graceful to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  Whereuj^on,  resolved,  that 
the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  make  this  communication  to 
the  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  that  they  may  consider  and 
treat  him  as  expelled  from  the  Masonic  Society. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


I 


1807.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  187 


MAY  SESSION,  1807. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  20th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1807,  and  of  Mafonry  5807  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

E.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  D.  G.  M.  and  G.  Master,  p.  t. 
EALPH  POMEROY,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 
JOHN  R.  WATPvOUS,  J.  G.  W.  and  S.  G.  W.  p.  t. 
SOLOMON  COWLES,  Jim.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
TIMOTHY  BURR,  J.  G.  D.  and  S.  G.  D.  p.  t. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Hezekiali  Hotchkiss,  M,,  Lal^n  Smith,  j)roxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Benjamin  W.  Woolsey,  M.,  Matthew  Talcott,  proxy  S.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  Timothy  Burr,  S.  W.,  James  AVard,-  J. 
W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

William  Knapp,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbitry. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Chauncey  Cook,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  j)roxy  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield, 

Josiah  Dudley,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


188  GEAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Luther  Payne,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Eleazer  Judd,  M.,  Abel  B.  Bronson,  IS.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17, 
Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Sam'l  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Simon  Waterman,  M.,  Luther  Beckley,  J.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  20,  Berlin. 

Beebe  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Hezekiah  Goddard,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Artemas  Gurley,  J.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25j  Stepney. 

Samuel  Gr.  Huntington,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East 
Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Charles  Jenks,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton, 

John  Hubbard,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Samuel  Green,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Dan  Frisbie,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

Gushing  Eells,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Elijah  Gaylord,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joel  Holcomb,  2d,  S.  W.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Rositer  Parmelee,  proxy  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

William  Cook,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Asahel  Dunning  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  James  D.  Wooster,  proxy  J.  W.,  Har- 
mony, No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Austin  Olcott,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Zabdiel  Hyde,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme, 


/ 


1807.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  189 

Thomas  Hubbard,  M.,  David  Keyes,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam, 
No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 
John  Raymond,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 
Forty-six  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
proceeded  to  the  clioice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.   W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

John  R.  Watrous,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Solomon  Cowles,  Junior  Grand  Waiden. 

Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Timothy  Burr,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

John  Hubbard,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Which  officers  were  presented  with  the  jewels  to  them  re- 
spectively belonging,  together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  R.  W.  presiding  Grand  Master. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication 
on  the  appeal  of  Vine  Utley,  from  the  decision  of  Western  Star 
Lodge,  No.  37,  pronouncing  against  him  a  sentence  of  expulsion, 
reported  the  facts  that  appeared  to  them  on  a  full  investigation, 
together  with  their  opinion  thereon,  agreeably  to  the  powers  and 
directions  given  by  their  appointment,  the  parties  in  said  appeal 
having  been  before  the  committee  with  their  evidence  and  ex- 
hibits ;  which  opinion  is,  that  said  Lodge  was  not  warranted  to 
expel  said  Utley  therefrom  ;  although  it  apj)eared  to  said  com- 
mittee that  his  conduct  had  been  improper  and  reprehensible  '. 
which  report  was  accepted  and  approved.  Whereupon,  resolved 
and  ordered,  that  the  said  Bro.  Vine  Utley  be  restored  to  his 
former  standing  as  a  Mason. 


190  GKAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  in  Hebron  and  some  of  the 
adjacent  towns,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge, 
was  presented  and  read.  On  a  suggestion  that  a  similar  petition 
from  the  same  quarter  had  been  recently  negatived  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  the  previous  question  was  -moved,  whether  anything 
should  be  done  thereon,  and  resolved  in  the  negative. 

A  j)etition  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  Chatham 
was  presented,  read  and  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Commu- 
nication, and  Brs.  Henry  Champion  and  Alexander  Collins 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and 
report. 

A  petition  from  Village  Lodge,.  No.  29,  praying  for  liberty  to 
remove  said  Lodge  from  Canton,  the  place  where  it  is  now  hold- 
en  and  established,  to  l^ew  Hartford,  was  presented  and  read. 
After  a  full  discussion  of  the  subject  it  was  resolved,  that  said 
Village  Lodge  be  removed  to  the  northerly  part  of  the  town  of 
New  Hartford,  provided  it  be  not  within  the  distance  of  ten 
miles  of  any  other  regularly  constituted  Lodge,  there  to  be  hold- 
en  during  the  j)leasure  of  Grand  Lodge  ;  anything  in  their  char- 
ter to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Ajiplication  was  made  for  relief  in  behalf  of  a  worthy  aged 
brother,  a  Past  Grand  Officer  and  member  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
who  by  various  misfortunes  is  reduced  to  indigence  and  want. 
After  a  few  remarks  on  the  subject  of  this  application,  it  was 
ordered,  that  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars  be  j)aid  to  this  our 
brother,  from  the  funds  of  Grand  Lodge,  as  a  charitable  dona- 
tion. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  sundry  Lodges  were  not 
represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  After  the  rea- 
sons for  those  omissions  had  been  severally  stated  by  the  delin- 
quent Lodges,  the  penalties  w^ere  all  remitted,  excepting  one  of 
eight  dollars  on  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  for  non-attendcnce  in 
October  last,  which  was  inflicted. 

On  motion,  a  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Brs. 
Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  Sylvester  Gilbert 
and  Aaron  Smith,  to  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  and 
expediency  of  permitting  an  Entered  Apprentice  and  Fellow 


1807.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  191 

Craft,  or  either  of  them,  to  ballot  for  the  admission  of  a  candi- 
date to  the  first  or  second  degrees  in  Masonry,  and  report  their 
opinion,  together  with  what  has  been  the  ancient  usages  and 
customs  of  Masons  in  that  respect,  so  far  as  it  can  be  ascer- 
tained. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


192  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1807. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
14th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1807,  and  of  Mafonry,  5807  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

R.  W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Grand  Master  p.  t. 

SOLOMON  COWLES,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
TIMOHY  BURR,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
ELIHU  SANFORD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Hezekiali  Hotchkiss,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Matthew  Talcott,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  M.,  Timothy  Burr,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4, 
Hartford. 

Stephen  Lockwood,  proxy  M.,  Josiah  Thatcher,  S.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  j^roxy  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

WiUiam  Walker,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Chauncey  Cook,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Roger  Bulkley,  proxy  S.  W.,  John  S.  Peters,  proxy  J.  W., 
Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  proxy  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.l2,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


1807.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  193 

Luther  Payn,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Lemuel  Bullard,  proxy  M.,  Isaac  Hotchkiss,  J.  W.,  Temple, 
No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Judd,  M.,  Abel  B.  Brownson,  S.  W.,  Federal,  No. 
17,  Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Abel  French,  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Roger  Waldo,  M.,  Heman  Storrs,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24, 
Mansfield. 

Isaac  Chapman,  M.,  Noah  Bulkley,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No. 
26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  proxy  M,,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard  M.,  Samuel  N.  Kingsley,  S.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Josiah  Finney,  proxy  M,,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Cushing  Eells,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

James  Brace,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Andrew  Hillyer,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

William  Spencer,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Lemuel  Sanford,  M.,  Seth  S.  Smith,  proxy  J.  W.,  Ark,  No. 
39,  Weston. 

Eli  Mygatt,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

George  C.  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  William  Comes,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
42,  Waterbury. 

Joseph  Wilcox,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Zabdiel  Hyde,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Calvin  Seldon,  proxy  S.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

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194  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  M.,  Isaac  Davis,  proxy  S.  W.,  Andrew 
F.  Judson,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret, 

Abel  Wheeler,  M.,  Levi  Candee,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No. 
47,  Oxford. 

ErastuB  Chamberlain,  proxy  M.  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Forty-five  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry, 
when  the  presiding  Grand  Master  directed  the  Grand  Secretary 
to  introduce  the  business  that  was  not  finished  at  the  last  com- 
munication. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Chatham,  praying  for  the 
establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  was  brought  forward.  After 
having  been  read,  and  some  discussion  of  the  subject,  it  was 
withdrawn  by  the  petitioners. 

The  committee  that  was  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication to  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  and  expedi- 
ency of  permitting  Entered  Apprentices  and  Fellow  Crafts,  or 
either  of  them,  to  ballot  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate  to  the 
first  or  second  degrees  in  Masonry,  and  report  their  opinion 
thereon,  together  with  what  has  been  the  ancient  usages  and 
customs  of  Masons  in  that  respect,  reported,  that  after  having 
duly  considered  the  subject  to  them  referred,  they  were  of  opinion 
that  Entered  Apprentices  and  Fellow  Crafts  ought  to  be  per- 
mitted to  ballot  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate  to  the  first  de- 
gree in  Masonry,  and  that  this  has  been  the  ancient  practice  of 
Masons  so  far  as  they  had  been  able  to  ascertain  it,  and  that  it 
was  proper  and  expedient  to  continue  the  same  practice.  Which 
report  was  accepted  and  approved. 

Upon  the  remonstrance  and  appeal  of  William  Beard,  a  Mas- 
ter Mason,  and  member  of  Ark  Lodge,  No.  39,  complaining  of 
two  sentences  pronounced  against  him  by  said  Lodge,  viz  :  one 
suspension,  the  other  exj)ulsion  ;  resolved,  that  Brs.  Asa  Chap- 
man, John  S.  Cannon,  and  Taylor  Sherman  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  appointed  a  committee,  at  the  expense  of  the  appellant, 


1807.]  CxRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  195 

to  hear  the  parties  in  said  appeals,  and  make  a  thorough  inves- 
tigation of  all  the  matters  and  things  relative  thereto,  and  re- 
port to  us  at  our  Grand  Communication  in  May  next,  together 
with  their  opinion  thereon  ;  first  giving  seasonable  notice  of  the 
time  and  place  where  they  will  attend  to  the  business  of  their 
said  appointment. 

The  Grrand  Secretary  reported  that  Montgomery  Lodge,  No. 
13,  Salisbury,  and  Temple  Lodge,  No.  16,  Cheshire,  were  not 
represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  The  reasons 
for  their  omissions  having  been  severally  stated,  the  penalties 
were  both  remitted. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  in  Eidgefield,  j)raying  for  the 
establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  presented,  read 
and  continued,  agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge. 
Brs.  Lemuel  Sanford  and  Seth  S.  Smith  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

Communications  from  the  Grand  Lodges  of  Virginia  and 
Pennsylvania,  relative  to  constituting  a  Grand  Lodge  over  the 
United  States,  and  recommending  a  convention  of  deputies  from 
the  several  Grand  Lodges,  being  under  consideration,  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions  were  offered,  and  after  due  discussion  were 
unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  we  entirely  concur  in  the  opinion  expressed  by  the  Grand 
Lodges  above  mentioned,  as  to  the  difficulty,  expense  and  inexpedienc}'  of  estab- 
lishing a  National  Grand  Lodge,  if  such  measures  were  justifiable  on  Masonic 
principles,  of  which  we  cannot  but  entertain  great  doubts. 

Resolved,  That  the  proposed  triennial  convention  from  the  respective  Grand 
Lodges  in  the  United  States,  at  Washington  or  Philadelphia,  is,  in  our  opinion, 
inexpedient,  and  for  the  following  reasons,  viz  :  the  benefits  derivable  from  the 
measure  beyond  those  arising  from  our  present  fraternal  intercourse  cannot  be  of 
high  importance ;  our  mode  of  working  is  sufficiently  uniform  to  answer  every 
valuable  purpose ;  our  union,  resulting  from  the  general  principles  of  our  institu- 
tion, is  great ;  and,  as  we  trust,  a  regular  and  permanent  intercourse  is  already 
established  between  us.  The  expense  in  attending  the  proposed  convention  con- 
stitutes a  serious  objection  to  the  measure,  and  would  absorb  funds  that  may  be 
productive  of  the  most  beneficial  effects.  The  good  intentions  of  our  brethren  in 
the  communications  made  to  us,  we  duly  appreciate.  We  remain,  however,  en- 
tirely satisfied  that  the  regulation  of  the  particular  Lodges  in  the  States  respect- 
ively by  the  Grand  Lodges,  with  the  intercourse  that  subsists  between  them  by 
mutual  communications  on  subjects  of  general  interest,  constitute  all  the  benefits 
which  our  situation  as  Masons  renders  expedient  and  practicable. 


196  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Ordered,  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  communi- 
cate the  above  resolutions  to  the  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United 
States. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Ch-and  Secr-etary. 


1808.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  197 


MAY  SESSION,  1808. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  18th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1808,  and  of  Mafonry,  5808: 

OFFICERS  present: 

R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
SOLOMON  COWLES,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
SYLVESTER  GILBERT,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
TIMOTHY  BURR,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  .* 

Hezekiah  Hotchkiss,  proxy  M.,  Laban  Smith,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Matthew  Talcott,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

James  Ward,  M.,  John  Wales,  S.  W.,  Eliphalet  Terry,  Jr., 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Benjamin  Styles,  proxy  M.,  Truman  Hinman,  proxy  S.  W., 
King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Samuel  W.  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Samuel  Cook,  proxy  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Joel  Worthington,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Bigalow,  proxy  S.  W., 
John  S.  Peters,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Gracey,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Elisha  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 


198  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [^^Jj 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Luther  Payn,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Samuel  Hull,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Charles  Merrirnan,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  proxy  M,,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eoswell  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunt- 
ington. 

Phineas  Johnson,  M.,  Luther  Beckley,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Thornas  Baxter,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Jeduthun  Cobb,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Josiali  Barber,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Warren  R.  Fowler,  proxy 
S.  W.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Israel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Cowles,  S.  W,,  Village,  No.  29, 
New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden, 

James  Baxter,  M.,  Union  No,  31,  New  London. 

Ira  Millard,  J.  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren, 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Consider  Sterry,  M.,  David  Tracey,  S.  W,,  Samuel  Bailey, 
J.  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Norman  Prindle,  J.  W.,  Aurora,  No,  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  Robins,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  M.,  Michael  F.  Mills,  proxy  J.  W.,  West- 
ern Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

William  Spencer,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Lemuel  Sanford,  M.,  Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ark,  No. 
39,  Weston, 

Epaphras  W.  Bull,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Lemuel  Peck,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brooklield. 

Nimrod  Hull,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Calvin  Seldon,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 


1808.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  199 

Thomas  Hubbard,  M.,  Thomas  Morse,  proxy  S.  W.,  Joseph 
Palmer,  Jr.,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 
Abel  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de- 
clared to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmee,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Timothy  Burr,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  John  Hubbard,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Who  were  presented  with  the  Jewels  of  their  respective  offices, 
together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well  adapted  to  each,  by 
the  Right  Worshipful  presiding  Grand  Master. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  irom  sundry  brethren  in 
Ridgetield,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  con- 
tinued from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  again  resumed. 
The  committee  at  that  time  appointed  to  examine  the  Master 
elect,  reported,  that  they  had  attended  to  the  subject  of  their 
said  appointment,  and  found  him  well  qualified  ;  but  no  recom- 
mendation or  approbation  of  any  neighboring  Lodge  accompany- 
ing said  petition,  or  being  at  -ihis  time  presented,  it  was  contin- 
ued to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  committee  appointed  by  this  Grand  Lodge  on  the  appeal 
of  William  Beard,  a  Master  Mason,  and  member  of  Ark  Lodge, 
No.  39,  reported  that  tliey  had  attended  to  the  business  assign- 
ed to  them  by  their  said  appointment,  by  giving  the  parties  in 


200  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^^y, 

said  appeal  a  full  hearing,  with  their  evidences,  exhibits  and 
remarks  ;  and  that  after  mature  consideration  they  were  of 
opinion  that  the  said  William  Beard  ought  to  sign  the  confes- 
sion which  had  been  presented  to  him  by  said  Lodge  for  that 
purpose  ;  (which  confession  is  annexed  to  said  report,)  and  on 
condition  that  he  shall  do  that,  he  again  be  restored  to  regular 
standing  in  said  Lodge.  Whereupon,  resolved  by  this  Grand 
Lodge,  that  the  report  of  the  committee  be  accepted,  and  that 
said  Beard  make  the  satisfaction  required  of  him  by  said  Lodge, 
by  signing  the  confession  or  acknowledgement  alluded  to  in  said 
report,  on  or  before  the  1st  day  of  October  next ;  to  be  by  said 
Lodge  kept  on  file  ;  and  in  case  of  neglect  or  refusal,  that  his 
sentence  of  expulsion  be  fully  ratified  and  confirmed. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  some  few  Lodges  were  not 
represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  The  reasons 
having  been  severally  stated  for  their  omissions,  by  the  delin- 
quent Lodges,  the  j^enalties  Avere  all  remitted. 

A  petition  from  Putnam  Lodge,  No.  46,  praying  for  liberty 
to  hold  said  Lodge  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Pomfret  and 
Woodstock,  was  presented  and  read,  and  after  full  discussion, 
negatived, 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Bristol  and  Burl-' 
ington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said 
town  of  Bristol,  was  presented,  read  and  continued,  agreeably 
to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge.  Brs.  Solomon  Cowles  and 
John  Mix  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master 
elect,  and  report. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1780.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  201 

SKETCHES  OP  THE  EARLY  LODGES. 

{Continued  from  page  56.) 


UNION  LODGE,  DANBURY. 
The  original  charter  of  this  Lodge  was  dated  at  Boston, 
March  23d,  1780.  It  has  the  signatures  of  R.  W.  John  Rowe, 
G.  M.  ;  Richard  Gridley,  D.  G.  M.  ;  John  Cutler,  S.  G.  W.  ; 
Job  Prince,  J.  G.  W.  ;  Nathaniel  Barber,  Jun'r,  G.  Secretary. 
The  applicants  for  this  Charter  were  recommended  to  the  offi- 
cers of  the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  by  letters  from  the  Lodges  at 
Fairfield  and  Norwalk,  and  from  Bro.  Jonathan  Heart,  Master 
of  "  American  Union  Lodge,  attached  to  the  Connecticut  Line 
of  the  Continental  Army,"  which  was  at  that  time  encamped  at 
Morristown,     The  following  is  a  copy  of  Bro.  Heart's  letter : 

Camp  Morristown,  January  5th,  1780. 

Joseph  Webb,  Esq., — On  application  from  a  number  of  gentlemen  belonging 
to  the  town  of  Danbury,  in  the  State  of  Connecticut,  requesting  a  recommenda- 
tion from  the  American  Union  Lodge  in  their  behalf,  to  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master 
for  their  obtaining  a  dispensation  to  hold  a  regular  Lodge  in  said  town,  I  have 
taken  the  freedom  to  address  j^ou  on  the  subject. 

The  American  Union  Lodge  is  a  traveling  Lodge,  confined  to  the  army  and  un- 
connected with  the  State ;  many  of  its  members,  entirely  unacquainted  with  the 
gentlemen,  and  therefore  entirely  unqualified  to  determine  the  proprietj'  of  having 
a  Lodge  so  established.  The  gentlemen  requesting  the  benefits  of  a  regular 
Lodge  are  generally  inhabitants  ;  there  are  a  number  of  Lodges  in  the  State  who 
are  acquainted  with  the  gentlemen,  and^much  better  able  to  judge  of  the  necessity 
and  propriety  of  having  a  Lodge  in  the  town.  The  recommendation  of  those 
Lodges  I  am  satisfied  is  sufficient  Avithout  ours,  and  the  recommendation  of  a 
traveling  Lodge  will,  I  presume,  be  insufficient  to  procure  a  dispensation  for  the 
inhabitants  of  a  State  to  hold  a  Lodge  in  a  town  adjacent  to  which  there  are  reg- 
ular Lodges,  without  their  approbation.  I  can,  however,  assure  you  that  I  am 
acquainted  with  many  of  the  gentlemen,  know  them  to  be  Ancient  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  men  of  respectable  character,  well  skilled  in  the  Craft,  and  think 
that  I  may  answer  for  them,  that  they  will  support  the  honor  of  the  Craft  and 
conduct  the  Lodge  with  harmony  and  decorum,  becoming  the  dignity  of  the  most 
ancient  and  honorable  institution.  In  the  enjoyment  of  which,  shall  be  happy  to 
give  every  necessary  assistance  to  establish  them,  so  far  as  shall  be  juged  for  the 
advancement  of  the  Craft. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  with  esteem,  your  most  obedient  and  humble  servant, 

JONATHAN  HART,  Master  American  Union  Lodge. 

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202  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1780. 

Accomjianying  this  letter  of  recommendation  was  the  follow- 
ing petition  : 

State  of  Connecticut,  Danbury,  January  5th,  1780. 
To  Joseph  Webb,  Esq.,  Boston. 

Sir, — From  a  consciousness  of  integrity  in  our  own  hearts,  a  well  founded 
confidence  in  each  other,  and  a  reliance  on  thart  candor  which  has  ever  done  honor 
to  the  Craft ;  though  personally  unknown,  we  presume  to  address  you  with  the 
unreservedness  of  brethren  on  the  following  subject : 

Chance,  the  fortune  of  war,  or  the  tutelar  duty  of  Masons  has  thrown  together 
in  this  place  a  number  of  brethren,  who,  though  members  of  different  Lodges, 
feel  themselves  equally  animated  by  a  desire  to  improve  their  own  minds,  to 
edify  each  other,  and  to  pursue  the  grand  work  of  their  institution.  Their  wish 
is  by  an  attention  to  the  precepts  and  examples  they  have  received,  and  a  sedu- 
lous application  to  duty,  to  erect  a  fabric  glorious  in  itself  and  pleasing  to  every 
beholder ;  that  their  minds  may  be  improved  in  charity,  benevolence  and  honor 
towards  mankind  in  general,  and  that  those  of  the  same  family  and  the  same 
profession  may  receive  benefits  therefrom. 

Not  only  are  we  desirous  for  ourselves,  but  many  brethren  of  the  army  lying 
near  this  place,  and  frequently  passing  through  might  receive  benefit  from  it. 
The  distance  from  this  to  any  place  where  a  regular  Lodge  is  held  is  so  great 
that  necessary  business  often  prevents  our  attending ;  finding  the  inconveniency 
of  going  so  far,  the  brethren  here  have  made  a  practice  of  convening  together, 
after  duly  examining  each  other,  for  the  purpose  of  informing  and  improving 
their  minds,  of  calling  forth  those  sparks  which  lie  concealed  in  their  once  un- 
enlightened minds,  and  bringing  them  forth  in  sociality  and  love.  At  these 
meetings  the  want  of  a  regular  Lodge  has  been  felt  and  lamented,  till  at  length, 
a  determination  was  formed  to  represent  our  situation  and  pray  that  a  constitu- 
tion may  be  given  us. 

We  now,  therefore,  sir,  ask  your  attention  on  the  occasion.  From  your  known 
candor,  we  doubt  not  that  you  will  consider  it  tenderly,  and  if  from  the  inclosed 
recommendations  we  are  found  worthy,  and  there  is  no  impropriety  in  the  insti- 
tution, we  beg  a  deputation  or  constitution  may  be  granted  us,  whereby  a  just 
and  regular  Lodge  may  be  established  and  held  in  this  place  by  the  name  of  the 
Union  Lodge,  or  with  any  other  name  or  title  you  may  please  to  think  proper. 

And  by  the  unanimous  choice  of  us,  we  recommend  our  worthy  Brother  Sallu 
Pell,  whose  knowledge  and  experience  in  Masonry,  as  well  as  his  conduct  and 
behavior  in  all  other  matters,  to  be  mentioned  in  the  deputation  or  constitution 
as  our  first  Master,  in  whom  we  can  and  do  repose  our  confidence  for  good  regu- 
larity.    We  are  sir,  your  affectionate  brethren  and  humble  servants, 

William  Joyce,  William  B.  Alger,  Joseph  Willsea, 

James  Clark,  Christopher  Duyckenck,      Thaddeus  Benedict, 

Lamberton  Lockwood,        John  Berrien,  Francis  Wainwright. 

Christopher  A.  Babcock,    James  Scougall, 

The  petition  was  afterwards  transferred  to  the  K.  W.  John 
Kowe,  he  being  at  that  time  "Grand  Master  for  North  America/' 
by  whom  the  charter  was  granted. 


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[1781.         EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  203 

The  first  officers  of  Union  Lodge  were  Sallu  Pell,  W.  M,  ; 
William  Joyce,  S.  W.  ;  James  Clark,  J.  W.  ;  Christopher  A. 
Babcock,  Treas.  ;  Lamberton  Lockwood,  Secr'y.  The  following 
are  extracts  from  the  record  of  the  first  two  meetings  : 

After  consultation,  it  was  unanimously  agreed,  that  the  day  of  instalment  of 
the  new  Worshii)ful  Master  should  be  on  the  19th  instant,  at  9  oclock,  forenoon ; 
that  the  officers  of  Fairfield,  Norwalk  and  Woodbury  Lodges  be  invited  to  join 
us  on  said  day  ;  that  an  invitation  be  given  to  our  Rev.  Bro.  Evans,  who  is  now 
Chaplain  for  Gen.  Poor's  Regiment,  to  preach  a  sermon  on  said  day;  that  a  suit- 
able entertainment  be  provided  and  a  procession  formed  on  said  day ;  that  a  num- 
ber of  the  most  respectable  inhabitants  of  Danbury  be  invited  to  dine  with  the 
Masons  on  said  day ;  that  Brs.  Babcock  and  Lockwood  see  that  all  the  necessary 
preparations  be  made  for  the  entertainment  on  said  day. 

At  a  special  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  held  at  the  house  of  Mrs.  Mary  White,  in 
Danbury,  April  1.3th,  5780,  the  officers  and  members  were  all  present.  The  Lodge 
being  met  together  at  this  time  was  entirely  on  a  request  of  Doct.  Josiah  Bart- 
lett,  whose  inclination  to  be  a  Free  Mason  was  so  great  that  he  was  determined 
if  possible  to  be  initiated  so  as  to  join  the  Lodge  on  the  day  appointed  for  the 
instalment  of  the  Worshipful  Master.  Therefore,  this  Lodge  taking  the  matter 
into  serious  consideration,  and  being  well  acquainted  with  the  merits  of  the  can- 
didate, proceeded  to  ballot  for  the  said  Doct.  Josiah  Bartlett,  when  he  was  found 
worthy  of  acceptance,  and  admitted  to  the  First  degree  in  Masonry, 

At  the  preliminary  Convention  of  1783,  this  Lodge  was  rep- 
resented by  Bro.  Sallu  Pell,  and  at  the  formation  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  in  1789,  by  Bro.  Joshua  King.  It  was  represented  also 
at  the  Grand  Communication,  in  May,  1791  ;  but  it  appears  by 
the  record  that  it  did  not  formally  acknowledge  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  and  receive  a  charter  as 
one  of  her  subordinates,  until  the  October  session,  1797,  when 
it  was  registered  as  "  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,"  and  few  Lodges  in 
the  State  have  since  been  more  prompt  and  faithful  in  their 
returns  and  representations. 

ST.  PAUL'S  LODGE,  LITCHFILD. 
The  first  charter  of  this  Lodge  was  obtained  from  the  K.  W. 
Joseph  Webb,  Esq.,  "Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  America," 
then  residing  at  Boston,  and  bears  date  June  1,  1781.  It  was 
granted  on  the  petition  of  the  following  brethren,  viz  : — Kev. 
James  Nichols,  John  Watkins,  Thomas  Phillips,  Eaton  Jones, 
Benjamin  Hanks,  John  Collins,  Noah  Blakesley,  William  Dur- 


204  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1781. 

kee,  Daniel  Starr,  John  Colvill,  Jonathan  Kettle,  Josiah  Nor- 
ton, and  Adino  Hale,  all  of  Litchfield,  It  bears  the  signatures 
of  Samuel  BaiTett,  D.  G.  M.  ;  Paul  Eevere,  S.  G.  W.  ;  Ed- 
ward Proctor,  J.  Gr.  W.  ;  Thomas  Urann,  G.  D.  ;  Winthrop 
Gray,  P.  M.  ;  John  Symmes  and  Nathaniel  Fellows,  G.  Stew- 
ards ;  Ben.  Coolidge,  D.  G.  Sec'y.  On  the  margin  are  the  fol- 
lowing endorsements  : — "  Joseph  Webb,  G.  M.  Eeceived  Two 
Guineas  for  this  Charter — John  Lowell,  G.  Treasurer.  Eec'd 
^  Guinea  for  recording  this  Charter — Wm.  Hoskins,  G.  Secre- 
tary.    Eec'd  Six  Dollars  for  engrossing — Jas,  Carter,  G.  C." 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Lodge,  under  this  charter,  was  held 
June  13,  1781,  when  Bro.  Ashbel  Baldwin  presided  as  Master, 
and  the  following  subordinate  officers  were  chosen  : — Benjamin 
Hanks,  S.  W.  ;  Eaton  Jones,  J.  W.  ;  John  Collins,  Treasurer  ; 
Jonathan  Kettle,  Secretary.  Bro.  Ephraim  Kirby  was  soon 
after  elected  to  succeed  Bro.  Kettle  as  Secretary. 

At  the  Masonic  Convention,  April,  1783,  Bro.  Julius  Deming 
was  the  delegate  from  St.  Paul's,  and  at  the  Convention  of  1789, 
when  the  Constitution  was  adopted  and  signed,  Bro.  Ephraim 
Kirby  was  the  delegate,  and  was  many  years  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge,  at  their  session  in  October,  1790,  having 
directed  the  Grand  Secretary  to  issue  new  charters  to  all  such 
Lodges  in  this  State  as  produced  regular  Warrants  from  proper 
authority,  the  Lodge  at  Litchfield  availed  itself  of  this  regula- 
tion, and  received  a  charter,  by  which  they  were  designated  as 
"  St.  Paul's  Lodge,  No.  11."  This  charter  bears  date  Oct.  15, 
1790,  and  is  signed  by  Pierpont  Edwards,  G.  Master,  and  Elias 
Shipman,  G.  Secretary. 

After  the  formation  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  this  Lodge,  was 
generally  punctual  in  making  returns,  until  about  the  year  1831, 
when  "  the  love  of  many  waxed  cold,"  and  St.  Paul's,  among 
others,  faltered  for  a  short  time,  "  until  the  tyranny  was  over- 
past." when  she  wheeled  again  into  the  ranks,  and  her  course 
has  since  been  onward. 


1783.]         EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  205 

MONTGOMERY  LODGE,  SALISBURY. 

This  Lodge  was  instituted  by  virtue  of  a  charter  or  warrant 
granted  by  Most  Worshipful  Joseph  Webb,  "  Grand  Master  of 
Ancient  Masons  for  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  in 
America,"  dated  at  Boston,  March  5th,  1783,  and  bearing  the 
signatures  of  Paul  Revere,  S.  G.  W. ;  Edward  Proctor,  J.  G.  W. ; 
Thomas  Urann,  S.  G.  D.  ;  John  Symmes,  J.  G.  D.  ;  John  Low- 
ell, G.  Treas.  ;  Benj.  Coolidge,  G.  Secr'y.  ;  Nathan  Fellows  and 
James  Avery,  G.  Stewards. 

The  petitioners,  to  whom  the  charter  was  granted,  were  Brs. 
Hezekiah  Fitch,  Jacob  Bogardus,  James  Fanning,  Gideon  Post, 
Wm.  Elliot,  John  Pennoyer,  Wm.  Whiting,  Wm.  Wheeler, 
Stephen  Keyes,  Elijah  Bennett,  and  Luther  Stoddard.  This 
Lodge  was  represented  in  the  Convention  which  framed  and 
adopted  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut, 
and  at  the  May  session,  1792,  was  registered  as  "  number  thir- 
teen" on  the  list  of  subordinates.  Its  standing  in  connection 
with  the  Grand  Lodge  was  kept  good  until  the  year  1830,  after 
which  time  it  made  no  returns.  The  charter  was  revoked  at 
the  annual  communication  in  1839. 

FREDERICK  LODGE,  FARMINGTON. 
Several  brethren  in  Farmington  having  presented  a  petition 
to  the  "  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,"  at  Boston,  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  Masonic  Lodge  in  that  town,  on  the  18th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1787,  "  a  commission"  was  issued,  under  the  name  of 
"  Frederick  Lodge."  The  following  is  a  coj)y  of  the  record  of 
the  first  meeting  of  this  Lodge  : 

Farmington,  Oct.  26,  1787. — Frederick  Lodge,  No.  26,  met,  and  the  following 
brethren  were  present, — William  Judd,  Timothy  Hosmer,  Ezekiel  Scott,  Reuben 
Humphrey,  George  Humphrey,  John  Mix,  Samuel  Richards,  Jr.,  Asher  Humph, 
rey,  John  Hart.  Proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers,  and  when  the  balloting 
was  closed  the  following  brethren  were  declared  elected,  viz  : 

WILLIAM  JUDD,  W.  Master  ; 

TIMOTHY  HOSMER,  S.  Warden  ; 

REUBEN  HUMPHREY,  J.  Warden  ; 

JOHN  MIX,  Treasurer; 

SAMUEL  RICHARDS,  Jr.,  Secretary  ; 

JNO.  HEART,  S.  Deacon  ; 

GEO.  HUMPHREY.  J.  Deacon. 


206  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1783. 

An  Entered  Apprentice  Lodge  opened.  Gideon  Cowles,  of  Farmington,  pro- 
posed for  initiation  by  Br.  Hosmer ;  by  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  Lodge,  he 
was  balloted  for,  accepted,  and  initiated  ;  his  initiation  fee  remitted  to  him,  on 
condition  of  his  serving  as  Tyler. 

The  Lodge  being  thus  organized  and  officered,  proceeded  with 
business,  the  first  of  which  was  to  adopt  a  code  of  by-laws. 
From  these  we  give  a  few  extracts. 

Sec.  2.  Lodge  to  be  opened  at  4  o'clock  P.  M.  in  the  winter,  and  at  5  o'clock  in 
the  summer,  and  is  always  to  be  closed  by  9  o'clock  in  the  evening,  or  sooner  if 
the  Master  pleases  ;  and  no  brother  shall  associate  himself  in  any  company  for 
the  purposes  of  diversion  or  amusement,  after  that  time,  in  the  Lodge  house,  or 
any  other  place  in  this  town,  on  Lodge  nights. 

3.  If  any  brother  should  be  so  imprudent  as  to  commit  any  irregularities  during 
Lodge  hours,  he  shall  be  punished  as  the  Master,  with  the  consent  of  the  breth- 
ren, shall  direct 

6.  Each  candidate  shall  pay  £3  for  initiation,  12  shillings  for  the  second  de- 
gree, and  18  shillings  for  the  third  degree. 

7.  When  a  special  Lodge  is  called  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate  to  either  of 
the  degrees,  he  shall  pay  £1  extra,  or  be  at  the  night's  expense,  if  not  exceed- 
ing 20  shillings. 

8.  Whereas,  by  the  new  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  England,  liberty  is 
granted  to  particular  Lodges  to  admit  a  candidate,  when  they  judge  proper,  when 
there  is  no  more  than  three  votes  against  him  ;  but,  the  better  to  preserve  har- 
mony, this  Lodge  declines  that  privilege,  and  no  candidate  shall  be  admitted  un- 
less the  vote  shall  be  unanimous. 

10.  Each  member  shall  pay  one  shilling  quarterly,  to  be  deposited  in  the  charity 
fund. 

11.  Though  for  certain  reasons  it  is  provided  in  the  book  of  constitutions  that 
the  feasts  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John  the  Evangelist  may  be  omitted, 
yet  as  those  reasons  no  way  affect  this  Lodge,  the  said  festivals  shall  be  regu- 
larly kept  and  observed  by  this  Lodge,  agreeable  to  ancient  usages. 

13.  The  members  of  this  Lodge  shall  be  very  cautious  of  their  behaviour,  both 
within  Lodge  and  without,  that  no  unjust  reflections  may  be  thrown  on  the  Ma- 
sonic art. 

15.  As  Masonry  ought  never  to  be  neglected,  and  as  true  cement  is  necessary 
for  continuing  the  Lodge  in  a  Arm  state,  so  if  any  member  shall  be  in  town,  and 
absent  himself  on  a  Lodge  night,  he  shall  pay  a  fine  of  one  shilling,  unless  he 
gives  a  satisfactory  reason  for  his  absence. 

This  last  clause  would  seem  to  conflict  with  the  charge  given 
in  our  Lodges  at  the  present  day,  in  which  a  newly  made  bro- 
ther is  told  that  "  it  is  not  meant  that  Masonry  should  interfere 
with  his  necessary  vocations,  for  these  are  on  no  account  to  be 
neglected." 


1789.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  207 

Among  the  early  members  of  Frederick  Lodge,  we  find  the 
names  of  several  brethren  who  had  been  conspicuous  in  working 
wdth  the  American  Union  Lodge,  attached  to  the  Connecticut 
Line  of  the  Revolutionary  Army,  viz  :  M.  W.  William  Judd, 
Doct.  Timothy  Hosmer,  Capt.  Reuben  Humphrey,  Lieut.  John 
Mix,  Lieut.  Peleg  Heath,  Doct.  John  Hart,  and  others.  Bro. 
Wm.  Judd  was  the  first  Master,  and  at  the  Convention  which 
formed  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  and  at 
which  the  Constitution  was  adopted,  he  was  one  of  the  dele- 
gates from  Frederick  Lodge,  and  was  chairman  of  the  Conven- 
tion. At  the  first  election  of  Grand  Officers,  July  8,  1789,  Bro, 
Judd  was  chosen  Deputy  Grand  Master,  in  which  office  he  con- 
tinued until  May,  1791,  when  he  was  elected  Grand  Master,  in 
place  of  Bro.  Pierpont  Edwards,  declined.  He  was  annually  re- 
elected, until  the  Grand  Communication,  May  16,  1798,  when 
he  declined,  and  was  succeeded  by  Chief  Justice  Hosmer,  of 
Middletown. 

On  the  occasion  of  Bro.  Judd's  retiring  from  the  chair  of 
Frederick  Lodge,  (which  took  place  on  his  election  in  the  Grand 
Lodge,)  the  following  proceedings  were  had  : 

The  Master,  Wardens  and  Brethren  of  Frederick  Lodge,  impressed  with  a 
lively  sense  of  the  eminent  services  performed  for  this  Lodge  by  our  late  Master, 
Bro.  Wm.  Judd,  at  the  time  of  its  institution,  and  ever  since,  request  him  to  ac- 
cept our  most  sincere  thanks  therefor.  While  they  congratulate  him  on  his  ap- 
pointment in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State,  they  felicitate  themselves  in  the 
wish  and  expectation  of  the  continuance  of  his  patronage,  the  importance  of 
which  they  feel  a  due  sense  of. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  present  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  to 
Bro.  Judd. 

On  receiving  a  charter  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut, 
Frederick  Lodge  was  designated  as  "  number  fourteen"  on  the 
list  of  subordinates.  She  performed  her  duty  faithfully  many 
years,  and  was  seldom  or  never  reported  delinquent  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  until  the  year  1850,  when  she  ceased  operations  and 
surrendered  her  charter  and  efiects  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Bro.  John  Mix,  of  this  Lodge,  was  elected  Grand  Secretary, 
at  the  May  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  1791,  which  office  he 
held,  faithfully  jjerforming  its  duties,  until  May,  1820. 


208  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1781. 

UNION  LODGE,  STAMFOKD. 
On  the  18th  of  November,  1764,  a  Warrant  was  issued  by 
R.  W.  G-eorge  Harrison,  Provincial  Grand  Master  at  New  York, 
authorizing  Bro.  Sylvanus  Waterbury  to  hold  a  Lodge  at  Stam- 
ford, Horseneck,  and  j^arts  adjacent,  and  appointing  the  said 
Waterbury,  Master  of  said  Lodge.  Of  the  early  workings  of 
this  Lodge  we  have  no  record  ;  but  we  iind  that  in  May,  1791, 
it  was  represented  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  and 
subsequently  received  a  charter,  by  which  is  was  designated  as 
"  Union  Lods-e,  No.  5."  The  communications  were  held  in 
Greenwich,  as  appears  by  their  returns,  until  the  year  1821, 
since  which  time  it  has  been  located  at  Stamford,  and  a  new 
Lodge  has  been  erected  at  Greenwich. 

WOOSTEE  LODGE,  COLCHESTER. 

On  searching  for  the  origin  of  this  Lodge,  we  only  ascertain 
that  an  application  was  made  in  1781,  by  Brs.  Asa  Bigelow, 
Eliphalet  Bulkley,  Henry  Champion,  John  Watrous,  and  oth- 
ers, to  the  "  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,"  for  a  charter  to  erect 
a  Lodge  in  Colchester,  which  was  granted  ;  that  at  the  Con- 
vention which  formed  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  this 
Lodge  was  represented  by  Brs.  Asa  Worthington  and  Elijah 
Bingham  ;  and  that  by  the  charter  received  from  the  new  Grand 
Lodge,  they  were  designated  as  "  Wooster,  No,  10." 


[We  leave  the  further  Sketches  of  the  Early  Lodges  for 
our  next  number,  and  proceed  with  the  continuation  of  the 
Journal  of  the  Grand  Lodge.] 


1808.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  209 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1808. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
19th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1808,  and  of  Mafonry,  5808 : 

OFFICERS  present: 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
AARON  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
SYLVESTER  GILBERT,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
CHARLES  MERRIMAN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  ,* 

Laban  Smith,  S.  W.,  Andrew  Kidston,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
1,  New  Haven. 

Joseph  Backus,  M.,  Josiah  Lacey,  proxy  S.  W.,  Matthew 
Talcott,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No,  3,  Bridgeport. 

Ephraim  Root,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Josiah  Thatcher,  M.,  Jahez  Gregory,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodhuiy. 

Samuel  W.  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Augustus  Cook,  M.,  Chauncey  Cook,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No. 
9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  John  S.  Peters,  proxy  S.  W.,  Cyrus 
M.  Bartlet,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  M.,  Abijah  Wilcoxen,  S.  W.,  Robert  Gates, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

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210  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Peter  FarDum,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Ezekiel  Cowles,  proxy  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farraingtoii. 

Luther  Payn,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 
.    Levi  Douglass,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Charles  Merriman,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Amos  B.  Fairman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elisha  Hawley,  M.,  Eli  L.  Hawley,  S.  W.,  Abel  French, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

William  Riley,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  Amos  Chapman,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  James', 
No.  23,  Preston. 

Roger  Waldo,  M.,  Jeduthan  Cobb,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No. 
24,  Mansfield. 

James  McLean,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Erastus  Wattles,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  S.  W.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Israel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Cowles,  S.  W.,  Village,  No.  29, 
New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard  M.,  Elam  Bradley,  J.  W.,  Dayspring,  No. 
30,  Hamden. 

John  0.  Miner,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 
.    James  Beardsley,  S.  W,,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Peter  Lanman,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Philip  Gaylord,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  o5,  Harwinton. 

Hezekiah  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 
.    Pelatiah  Leet,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Nathan  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Lemuel  Sanford,  proxy  S.  W., 
Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Nathaniel  Bishop,  M.,  William  F.  Brown,  S.  W.,  Union, 
No.  40,  Danbury. 


1808.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  211 

George  C.  Smith,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  William  Comes,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
42,  Waterbury. 

Elijah  Griffis,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth, 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Elisha  Abby,  proxy  S.  W.,  Eastern  Star, 
No.  44,  Lebanon. 

David  M.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Christopher  Bently,  proxy  M.,  John  McClalen,  proxy  S.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Philo  Mills,  S.  W.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Forty-seven  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry, when  the  Ptight  Worshipful  presiding  Grand  Master  directed 
that  the  business  before  the  Grand  Lodge  should  be  introduced. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Eidgefield,  continued  from 
the  last  Grand  Communication,  with  the  documents  accom- 
panying it,  were  read.  After  a  lengthy  discussion  of  the  subject, 
it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  said  petitioners, 
forming  them  into  a  just  and  regular  Lodge,  in  said  town  of 
Eidgefield,  by  the  name  of  Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49  ;  and  that 
our  worthy  Bro.  Daniel  Jones  be  first  Master,  and  the  Wardens 
confirmed  in  their  respective  appointments,  agreeably  to  the 
prayer  of  the  petitioners. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Bristol  and  Burlington, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  town  of 
Bristol,  was  negatived. 

The  penalty  incurred  by  St.  Luke's  Lodge,  No.  48,  for  non- 
attendance  at  the  last  Grand  Communication  was  remitted. 

On  the  representation  of  a  committee  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  3,  and  on  the  counter  representation  of  Brothers  Gershom 
Burr  and  others,  members  of  said  Lodge  ;  Brothers  Ashbel 
Baldwin,  William  M.  Betts,  and  Samuel  C.  Blackman  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  into  the  facts  therein  stated, 


212  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

and  report  the  same  with  their  opinion  thereon,  at  the  next 
semi-annual  Grand  Communication  ;  provided  that  no  expense 
shall  be  incurred  thereby  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  but  the  expense 
of  said  committee  shall  be  borne  by  said  St.  John's  Lodge. 

Brothers  Ephraim  Koot  and  James  Ward  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary,  and  report. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1809.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  213 


MAY  SESSION,  1809. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  17th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1809,  and  of  Mafonry,  5809: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  ! 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  JOHN  K.  WAT  ROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Laban  Smith,  M.,  John  H.  Lynde,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  CoUins,  M.,  Chauncey  Whittlesey,  Jr.,  proxy  S. 
W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josejih  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport. 

James  Ward,  M.,  Eliphalet  Terry,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Tu- 
dor, J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jacob  Osborn,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Samuel  W.  Johnson,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Augustus  Cook,  M.,  William  Olds,  proxy  S.  W.,  ConiiDass, 
No.  g^Walhngford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 


214  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

Francis  French,  M.,  Jesse  Beach,  proxy  S.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Amos  Hunt,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Judson,  proxy  M.,  Artemas  Baker,  proxy  S.  W., 
Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Levi  Douglass,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

David  Thompson,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Samuel  C.  Blackman,  proxy  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Stephen  Babbit,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunting- 
ton. 

Simon  "Waterman,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  B.  Wooster,  M.,  Chauncey  Johnson,  J.  W.,  Hart's,  No. 
22,  Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Gore,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Lemuel  Crosman,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Benj.  Hurd,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Cowles,  S.  W.,  Village,  No. 
29,  New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard,  M.,  Jesse  Tuttle,  proxy  S.  W.,  Dayspring, 
No.  30,  Hamden. 

Wm.  P.  Cleveland,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

James  Beardsley,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Ulyses  Seldon,  proxy  M.,  Consider  Sterry,  proxy  S.  W., 
Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Philip  Gaylord,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joseph  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Pelatiah  Leet,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

George  C.  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 


1809.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  215 

Frederick  Hotchkiss,  proxy  M,,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Water- 
bury. 

George  W.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Lebanon. 

Lord  S.  Jewett,  J.  W.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

George  Lamed,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Porafret, 

Josiah  Candee,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxfoi-d. 

Philo  Mills,  M.,  St.  Luke,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Jacob  Dauchy,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield, 

Forty-eight  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Officers  for  the  yeai'  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  de-* 
clared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to  their 
names,  respectively,  viz : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Senior  Grand  Warden, 
W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 
Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer, 
Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 
Br,  John  Hubbard,  Senior  Grand  Deacon, 
Br.  James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Deacon, 

Who  were  presented  with  the  Jewels  of  their  respective  offices, 
together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well  adapted  to  each,  by 
the  Right  Worshipful  presiding  Grand  Master, 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2, 
Middletown,  was  not  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communi- 
cation. The  reason  for  this  omission  having  been  stated  by  the 
Master  of  said  Lodge,  the  penalty  was  remitted. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication 
on  the  representation  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  and  on  the 
representation  of  Brs.  Gershom  Burr  and  others,  members  of 


216  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^Y) 

said  Lodge,  now  residing  in  the  town  of  Fairfield,  made  their 
report,  which  was  accepted. 

The  consideration  of  the  representations  or  petitions,  which 
were  the  subject  of  the  foregoing  reference  and  report,  was  re- 
sumed ;  and  after  a  lengthy  debate  and  discussion  it  was  order- 
ed, that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  be  holden  in  future  within 
one  mile  of  the  court-house  in  the  town  of  Fairfield  ;  and  the 
petition  from  said  Lodge,  No.  3,  praying  that  the  same  may  be 
permanently  established  at  the  borough  of  Bridgeport,  was 
negatived. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Andover,  Coven- 
try, Columbia,  and  Bolton,  in  the  counties  of  Windham  and 
Tolland,  praying  for  the  formation  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  An- 
dover, was  presented,  read  and  continued,  agreeably  to  the  reg- 
ulations of  Grand  Lodge.  Brs.  Consider  Sterry  and  Luther 
Payne,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect 
and  report. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of  Bristol 
and  Burlington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge 
in  said  Bristol,  was  presented,  read  and  continued.  Brs.  Solo- 
mon Cowles  and  Simon  Waterman,  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  Granby,  presented  their  petition, 
stating  that  by  charter  they  were  restricted  to  hold  said  Lodge 
in  the  parish  of  Turkey  Hills,  in  said  town  ;  praying  for  per- 
mission to  hold  the  same  in  any  part  of  said  town  of  Granby  ; 
whereupon,  resolved,  that  said  Lodge  may  be  holden  in  any 
part  of  the  town  of  Granby  aforesaid,  provided,  the  members 
thereof  shall  agree  on  some  jiermanent  place  for  that  purpose. 

On  application  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  43,  by  petition  presented 
to  this  Grand  Lodge,  it  was  resolved,  that  said  Lodge  may  in 
future  be  holden  one-third  part  of  the  time  in  the  town  of  Kil- 
lingworth,  and  two-thirds  part  of  the  time  in  the  town  of  Say- 
brook,  at  the  j)laces  in  said  towns  where  it  is  now  holden,  dur- 
ing the  pleasure  of  Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  that  the  permanent  place  of  holding  Eastern  Star 
Lodge,  No.  44,  shall  in  future  be  within  the  first  Ecclesiastical 


1809.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  217 

society  in  the  town  of  Windham,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  a 
petition  presented  by  the  agent  of  said  Lodge,  and  now  before 
this  Grand  Lodge  ;  anything  in  their  charter,  or  subsequent  or- 
dinance variant,  or  to  the  contraiy  notwithstanding. 

A  proposition  in  writing,  without  signature,  said  to  come 
from  Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  New  London,  for  dividing  the 
Lodges  within  this  jurisdiction  into  Masonic  districts,  and  to 
appoint  inspectors  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  several  Lodges 
and  introducing  uniformity  in  the  mode  of  working,  together 
with  sundry  other  things  therein  particularly  mentioned,  was 
introduced  and  read.  After  some  discussion  the  question  was 
put,  whether  at  this  time  it  would  be  expedient  or  necessary  to 
do  anything  on  the  subject,  and  resolved  in  the  negative. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication 
to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and 
Secretary  made  their  report,  which  was  accepted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

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218  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1809. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Conned icut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  18th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1809,  and  of  Mafonry  5809 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  Z 

Laban  Smith,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Alexander  Collins,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Benjamin  M.  Woolsey,  M.,  John  S.  Cannon,  proxy  S.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Ward,  M.,  John  M.  Gannett,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jacob  Osborn,  proxy  M.,  WiUiam  M.  Betts,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  6,  Norwalk. 

William  Moseley,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

John  Thompson,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Augustus  Cook,  M.,  James  Carrington,  proxy  J.  W.,  Com- 
pass, No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  S.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Guy  Bigalow,  S.  W.,  Asa  Newton, 
Jun.,  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  Roger  Cook,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No. 
11,  Litchfield. 


1809.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  219 

Francis  French,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Ezekiel  Cowles,  proxy  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

John  Parish,  proxy  J.  W.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Whiting  Stanley,  proxy  M.,  Temjile,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

David  Thomson,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Eli  L.  Hawley,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Simon  Waterman,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Beebe  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Thomas  B.  Gray,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Roger  Waldo,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Chevers  Brainard,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Warren  R.  Fowler,  proxy 
S.  W.,  Joseph  Whittlesey,  proxy  J.  W.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Eli  Wilden,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Cowles,  J.  W.,  Village,  No.  29, 
New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden, 

Robert  Allyn,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Piatt  Starr,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardy,  M.,  Martin  Cook,  J.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

Philip  Gaylord,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joseph  Cornish,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  proxy  M.,  Nattianiel  Stevens,  proxy  S.  W., 
Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

William  Spencer,  proxy  S.  W.,  St,  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Eli  Perry,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Giles  Bracket,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  LymOk 

Thomas  Hubbard,  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 


220  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

William  Morris,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 
John  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 
Jesse  S.  Bradley,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 
Forty-four  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry, when  the  business  that  was  not  finished  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication  was  introduced. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  at  Andover,  &c.,  praying  for 
the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  was  again  continued  ;  the 
committee  which  had  been  appointed  to  examine  the  Master 
elect,  not  having  reported. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Bristol  and  Burlington, 
praying  for  a  new  Lodge  in  said  Bristol,  and  which  was  con- 
tinued from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  being  now  under 
consideration  ;  the  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Master 
elect  reported  that  they  had  made  the  examination,  and  found 
him  well  qualified.  After  a  lengthy  discussion,  said  petition 
was  negatived. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Union  Lodge,  No.  40, 
Danbury,  was  neither  represented  or  made  returns  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication  ;  and  no  reasons  at  this  time  being  offer- 
ed for  these  omissions,  it  was  ordered,  that  the  penalties  be  in- 
flicted, viz  :  eight  dollars  for  the  former,  and  five  for  the  latter, 
agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  that  Brs.  Asa  Chapman,  Francis  French  and  Aaron 
Smith,  be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a  committee  to  exam- 
ine into  the  subject  matter  of  the  memorial  of  Lambert  Lock- 
wood  and  Benjamin  F.  Woolsey,  first  giving  notice  of  the  time 
and  place  of  their  meeting  to  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  at  Fair- 
field ;  and  after  hearing  the  parties  on  the  subject,  to  make  re- 
port to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next  communication. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  £i*om  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  GraTid  Secretary. 


1810.]        GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  221 


MAY  SESSION,  1810. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  16th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1810,  and  of  Mafonry  5810  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT. 

Laban  Smith,  M.,  Henry  W.  Edwards,  proxy  J,  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Daniel  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Ward,  M.,  Eliphalet  Terry,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Tu- 
dor, Jr.  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

William  M.  Betts,  M.,  Jacob  Osborn,  proxy  J.  W.,  St. 
John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Benjamin  Stiles,  proxy  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Chauncey  Cook,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  proxy  J.  W.,  Compass, 
No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  S.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Asa  Bigalow,  proxy  S.  W.,  Elijah 
Butts,  proxy  J.  W.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 


222  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  l^^J} 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  Moses  Seymour,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's, 
No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  James  Smith,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No. 
12,  Derby. 

Peter  Farnham,  M.,  Montgomery,- No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Eufus  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Rufus  Johnson,  proxy  S.  W.,  Mo- 
riah.  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Whiting  Stanley,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Gideon  Richards,  M.,  Nathan  Burton,  S.  W.,  Aner  Bradley, 
J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

John  Sanford,  proxy  M.,  Samuel  C.  Blackman,  S.  W,,  Hi- 
ram, No.  18,  Newtown. 

Roswell  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunt- 
ington. 

Luther  Beckley,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

James  Cook,  J.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston, 

Roger  Waldo,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Tolland. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Linus  Parmelee,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Warren  R.  Fowler,  J.  W.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washing- 
ton. 

Paul  Pomeroy,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

George  Humphrey,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hart- 
ford. 

John  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Paul  F.  Niles,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

James  Beardsley,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

George  Mitchel,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Consider  Sterry,  M.,  Diah  Manning,  proxy  S.  W.,  Samuel 
Bailey,  J.  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Timothy  Clark,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joseph  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Grauby. 


1810.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  223 

Thomas  Powers,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Daniel  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Elias  Ford,  proxy  M.,  Henry  A.  Heyleger,  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  M.,  William  H.  Johnson,  proxy  S.  W., 
Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  S.  W.,  John  M'Clelan,  proxy  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

William  Morris,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

John  Smith,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Forty-five  Lodges  represented, 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
E.   W.  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  John  R,  Watrous,  Senior  Grand  Warden, 
W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 
John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 
John  Hubbard,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  presented  with  the  jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  lecture  and  charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 

The  following  resolution,  having  been  introduced  and  dis- 
cussed, was  adopted  as  a  permanent  resolution  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  : 


224  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Resolved,  That  in  future  the  Grand  Master,  or  officer  presiding  at  the  annual 
Grand  Communication  in  May,  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  appoint  the 
Senior  and  Junior  Grand  Deacons  ;  any  regulation  of  this  Grand  Lodge  variant, 
or  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Andover,  &c.,  continued 
from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  with  the  documents  ac- 
companying it,  were  read,  and  after  a  full  discussion  of  the  sub- 
ject it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  said  petitioners, 
forming  them  into  a  just  and  regular  Lodge,  to  be  holden  in 
said  Andover,  by  the  name  of  Warren  Lodge,  No.  50,  and  that 
our  worthy  Brother  Simon  House,  be  first  Master,  and  the 
Wardens  confirmed  in  their  respective  appointments  agreeably 
to  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
on  the  subject  of  the  existing  difierences  between  the  brethren 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  respecting  the  place  of  holding  the 
same,  made  the  following  report,  viz  : 

That  having  duly  notified  all  concerned,  we  met  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Gregory, 
in  Bridgeport,  on  the  business  of  our  appointment,  when  and  where  the  parties 
appeared,  and  were  fully  heard ;  and  after  a  close  and  careful  attention  to  the 
evidence  and  exhibits  of  the  parties,  and  the  arguments  thereon,  we  find  that  so 
early  as  the  12th  of  February,  A.  L.  5762,  a  charter  was  granted  by  the  then 
Provincial  Grand  Master  of  the  State  of  New  York,  to  Bro.  Eleazer  Hubbell  and 
others,  to  hold  a  Lodge  for  the  county  of  Fairfield  ;  that  by  virtue  of  said  charter 
the  first  Lodge  was  holden  in  the  limits  of  the  town  of  Stratford,  and  afterwards 
said  Lodge  was  holden  at  different  places  in  the  limits  of  the  town  of  Fairfield, 
sometimes  near  the  court  house,  in  said  Fairfield,  and  sometimes  near  the  meet- 
ing house,  in  the  parish  of  Stratfield ;  but  for  many  years  the  brethren  had  been 
scattered  and  little  labor  done.  When  in  the  year  A.  L.  5789,  the  few  remaining 
brethren  of  said  Lodge  voted  to  celebrate  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  at 
the  house  of  Bro.  Daniel  Young,  of  Newfield,  now  Bridgeport,  in  the  town  of 
Stratford,  at  which  place  said  Lodge  was  held  under  said  charter,  without  any 
other  vote  of  said  Lodge,  until  the  year  A.  L.  5792,  when  the  brethren  of  said 
Lodge  proposed  to  unite  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State, 
and  their  charter  was  registered  accordingly  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  this  State.  Your  committee  further  find  that  said  St.  John's 
Lodge  soon  after  received  and  now  hold  a  charter  under  this  Grand  Lodge,  dated 
October  18th,  A.  L.  5792,  by  which  they  were  and  are  authorized  to  hold  their 
Lodges  at  Fairfield,  or  at  Newfield,  (now  Bridgeport,)  the  words  "  or  at  New- 
field,"  being  interlined  in  said  charter:  that  the  copy  of  said  charter,  in  the  office 
of  the  Grand  Secretary  does  not  contain  the  words  "  or  at  Newfield."  Your  com- 
mittee also  find  that  said  charter,  last  mentioned,  was  directed  to  "  Bro.  Josiah 


1810.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  225 

Lacey,  the  present  Master,  Wardens,  and  brethren  of  said  Lodge,"  but  that  the 

registered  copy  appeared  to  be  directed  to ,  the  present  Master, 

Wardens  and  brethren  of  said  Lodge,  constituting  them  a  Lodge,  &c.  Also,  that 
said  charter  describes  said  Lodge  by  the  name  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  in  Fairfield, 
No.  3 ;  whereas  the  registered  copy  of  said  charter  describes  it  by  the  name  of 

St.  John's  Lodge,   in  Fairfield,  No. ;  your  committee  find   that  the  charter 

which  tlie  brethren  of  said  Lodge  now  hold,  is  in  every  respect  conformable  to 
the  grant  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  consistent  with  the  prayer  of  the  brethren 
at  the  time  they  surrendered  their  charter,  and  united  themselves  under  the  ju- 
risdiction of  the  Grand  Lodge.  That  there  has  been  no  alteration  in  the  same 
since  they  received  it  from  the  Grand  Lodge ;  that  the  several  interlineations 
were  made  by  the  person  who  engrossed  said  charter,  in  pursuance  of  the  grant, 
and  by  direction  of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  that  there  is  a  numerous  and  respectable 
body  of  brethren  who  have  labored  under  said  charter ;  that  in  the  opinion  of 
your  committee,  it  is  for  the  interest  of  the  craft  that  the  said  charter  be  confirmed 
to  the  brethren  of  said  Lodge,  and  that  the  registered  copy  thereof  be  so  altered 
to  comport  with  said  charter. 

This  report,  after  a  lengthy  discussion  of  the  subject,  was  ac- 
cepted, ratified  and  confirmed  ;  and  the  Grand  Secretary  di- 
rected to  make  such  alterations  in  the  registered  copy  of  said 
charter  as  are  recommended  in  and  by  said  report. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Bridgeport,  praying  this 
Grand  Lodge  to  establish  that  as  the  place  where  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No  3,  shall  be  permanently  holden,  was  negatived. 

A  petition  from  a  number  of  brethren  residing  in  Chatham, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  was  presented, 
read  and  continued,  agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand 
Lodge,  and  Brs.  John  R.  Watrous  and  Asaph  Coleman  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report 
at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

A  like  petition  was  also  presented  from  the  brethren  residing 
in  Saybrook  ;  which  having  been  read,  was  continued,  and  Brs. 
Nathaniel  Matson  and  Watrous  Beckwith  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report  at  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

Whereas,  it  appears  from  the  communication  of  the  Grand 

Secretary,   that  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  Danbury,  has  not  made 

•any  returns  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  nor  been  represented  in  the 

same  for  two  communications,  and  have  incurred  penalties  which 

have  been  inflicted,  and  are  not  paid  :  whereupon,  it  is  resolved 

29 


226  GKAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

and  ordered,  that  the  Grand  Secretary  cause  the  said  Union 
Lodge,  No.  40,  to  be  summoned  to  appear  before  this  Grand 
Lodge  at  the  semi-annual  communication  in  October  next,  to 
show  reasons,  if  any  they  have,  why  their  charter  should  not  be 
vacated. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1810.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  227 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1810. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
17th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1810,  and  of  Mafonry,  5810 : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  .* 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  DAVID  DAGGETT,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon, 
ELIHU  SANFORD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Laban  Smith,  M.,  Andrew  Kidston,  S.  W.,  John  H.  Lynde, 
J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Benjamin  M.'  Woolsey,  M.,    St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

William  M.  Betts,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Matthias  Nichol,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  Seymour,  proxy  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  Abraham  Smith,  S.  W.,  James  Smith, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Peter  Farnum,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Solomon  Cowles,  proxy  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Rufus  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

John  Granniss,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No,  16,  Cheshire. 

Gideon  Richards,  M.,  Anson  Tuttle,  proxy  S.  W.,  Aner 
Bradley,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 


228  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Timothy  Sliepard,  M.,  Samuel  C.  Blackman,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Elihu   L.    Hawley,    M.,    Gideon   Beardsley,    proxy    S.   W., 
Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  S.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Keuben  Warner,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Eli  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Reuben  Marcy,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

S.  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington- 
Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Riverius  Bidwell,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Daysjjring,  No.  30,  Haraden. 

Paul  F.  Niles,  proxy  M.,   Thomas  Cort,  Jr.,  proxy  S.  W., 
Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Daniel  Smith,  J.  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Wm.  W.  Haughton,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Timothy  Clark,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Ferdinand  Clemens,  S.  W.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nath'l  Stephens,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Thomas  Powers,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Heman  Burch,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury, 

George  W.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  proxy  M.,  Erastus  Selden,  proxy  S.  W., 
Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Isaac  Davis,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

William  Morris,  M.,  David  McEwin,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star, 
No.  47,  Oxford. 

Hopson  Pratt,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Daniel  Jones,  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 

Simon  House,  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 
Forty-five  Lodges  represented. 


1810.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  229 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry ;  when  the  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Chatham, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  and 
which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was 
read.  After  sundry  remarks  had  been  made  thereon,  it  was 
again  continued. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Saybrook,  for  the  same  ob- 
ject was  again  read  and  continued. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  in  obedience  to  the  order 
of  Grand  Lodge  at  their  communication  in  May  last,  he  had 
issued  a  summons  directing  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  holden  in 
the  town  of  Danbury,  to  apj^ear  before  this  Grand  Lodge,  and 
shew  reasons,  if  any  they  have,  why  their  charter  should  not  be 
vacated ;  which  said  summons  he  had  enclosed,  addressed  to 
the  Master  of  said  Lodge,  and  forwarded  by  mail.  In  discuss- 
ing the  subject,  a  doubt  arose  whether  the  said  summons  had 
not  miscarried,  and  never  come  to  the  hands  of  the  Master  of 
said  Lodge,  as  they  do  not  appear  at  this  time.  Whereupon, 
resolved,  that  no  further  proceedings  be  now  had  on  the  subject, 
and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  ordered  to  issue  another  sum- 
mons to  said  Lodge,  directing  them  to  appear  before  this  Grand 
Lodge  at  their  communication  in  May  next,  for  the  reasons 
mentioned  in  the  ordinance  of  May  last ;  and  have  it  forwarded 
in  such  manner  as  to  ascertain  with  certainty  whether  it  comes 
to  the  hands  of  the  Master,  or  either  Warden  of  said  Lodge, 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretari^, 


230  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  U^^Jy 

MAY  SESSION,  1811. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1811,  and  of  Mafonry,  5811  : 

OFFICERS  present: 

W.  JOHN  K.  WATEOUS,  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 

W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

AARON  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

ELISHA  BABCOCK,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretaiy. 

JOHN  HUBBARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  I 

Amos  Doolittle,  proxy  M.,  John  H.  Lynde,  J.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Joshua  Stow,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Elisha  Babcock,  S.  W.,  George  Goodwin,  J.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M,,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Benjamin  Stiles,  proxy  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Daniel  Judson,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Chauncey  Cook,  M.,  Amos  Dutton,  proxy  S.  W.,  Moses 
Beach,  proxy  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

David  Deming,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Abel  Merrellj  J.  W.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


1811.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  231 

Kichard  Burlingham,  proxy  M,,  Andrew  T.  Judson,  S.  W., 
Moriali,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M,,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Nathan  Burton,  M.,  Samuel  W.  Southmayd,  proxy  S.  W., 
Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Timothy  Shepard  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eben  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  Levi  Hubbell,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's, 
No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,iDroxy  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Nathaniel  Kimball,  proxy  M.,  St,  James',  No.  23,  Preston, 

John  French,  proxy  M,,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield, 

Asaph  Coleman,  M,,  Asa  Coleman,  proxy  S.  W.,  Columbia, 
No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Linus  Parmelee,  Jr.,  J.  W., 
Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

James  Logan,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor, 

Arnold  P,  Humphrey,  M.,  George  Humphrey,  proxy  S,  W., 
Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

John  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Dayspring,  No,  30,  Hamden. 

Paul  F.  Niles,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Josiah  Finney,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

George  Mitchel,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  S,  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Timothy  Clark,  M,,  Aurora,  No,  35,  Harwinton, 

Joseph  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Joseph  Battell,  M.,  Benjamin  Welch,  proxy  S.  W,,  Western 
Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk, 

Thomas  Powers,  M.,  St,  Alban's,  No,  38,  Guilford, 

Lazarus  Hull,  S,  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

John  F,  Patch,  J,  W,,  Union,  No,  40,  Danbury, 

Heman  Burch,  proxy  M,,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Austin  Olcott,  M,,  Trinity,  No,  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 


232  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Calvin  Seldon,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 
Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  S.  W.,  Isaac  Davis,  J.  W.,  Putnam, 
No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Timothy  Candee,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 
Philo  Mills,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke,  No.  48,  Kent. 
Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield* 
Simon  House,  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Forty-nine  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
when  a  communication  was  received  from  our  Right  Worship- 
ful Brother  David  Daggett,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  expressing 
a  wish  that  he  might  not  be  considered  a  candidate  for  appoint- 
ment to  any  office  in  the  Grand  Lodge  at  this  time. 

The  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers 
for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren 
hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several 
offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Aaron  Smith,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  presiding 
Grand  Master,  viz : 

Br.  John  Hubbard,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Br.  James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  presented  with  the  jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  lecture  and  charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 


1811.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  233 

The  petition  of  the  brethren  in  Saybrook,  praying  for  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  continued  from  the 
last  Grand  Communication,  was  withdrawn. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Chatham,  continued  from 
the  last  Grand  Communication,  with  the  documents  accompany- 
ing it,  were  read.  After  a  lengthy  and  full  discussion  of  the 
subject  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  said  petition- 
ers, forming  them  into  a  just  and  regular  Lodge,  to  be  holden 
at  the  Jiouse  named  by  them,  in  the  parish  of  East  Hampton, 
town  of  Chatham  aforesaid ;  to  be  known  and  designated  by 
the  name  of  "Warren  Lodge,  No.  51,"  and  that  our  worthy 
Bro.  David  Clark  be  first  Master,  and  the  Wardens  confirmed 
in  their  respective  appointments,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said 
petitioners. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  in  obedience  to  the  order 
of  Grand  Lodge,  he  had  summoned  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  Dan- 
bury,  to  appear  at  this  time.  The  Lodge  aj^peared  by  their 
agent,  John  H.  Patch,  J.  W.,  who  assigned  many  reasons  for 
the  various  apparent  delinquencies  of  which  that  Lodge  stands 
accused.  After  some  remarks  on  the  subject,  it  was  resolved, 
that  all  the  penalties  which  have  been  inflicted  on  said  Lodge 
be  and  the  same  are  hereby  remitted,  that  they  still  retain  their 
charter,  and  be  considered  by  this  Grand  Lodge  in  as  good 
standing  as  other  subordinate  Lodges  within  this  jurisdiction  ; 
on  condition  that  the  returns  are  now  made  from  said  Lodge, 
the  tax  on  initiations  paid,  and  the  expense  of  summoning  sat- 
isfied. With  all  which  requirements,  the  agent  of  said  Lodge 
fully  complied. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Saybrook,  praying 
for  a  new  Lodge,  was  introduced,  read  and  continued,  agreeably 
to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge  ;  Brs.  Nathaniel  Matson  and 
Calvin  Seldon  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Mas- 
ter elect,  and  report. 

King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Derby,  made  complaint  against 
Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22,  Woodbridge,  for  initiating,  passing  and 
raising  sundry  persons  living  within  the  limits  of  said  town  of 
Derby,  without  the  knowledge  and  approbation  of  said  Lodge 

30 


234  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

No.  12  ;  being,  as  is  claimed,  a  violation  of  an  ordinance  of 
Grand  Lodge  ;  this  complaint  was  continued  to  the  next  Grand 
Communication. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and 
Secretary,  made  their  report,  which  was  accepted  and  approved. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1811.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  235 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1811. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  16th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  one  thoufand  eight  hundred  and 
eleven,  and  of  Mafonry  five  thoufand  eight  hundred  and 
eleven  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
W.  ELISHA  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JAMES  WARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
CALYIN  SELDON,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Laban  Smith,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 
Joshua  Stow,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 
James  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 
Elisha  Babcock,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 
Henry  Hoyt,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 
Jabez  Gregory,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 
Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 
Daniel  Judson,  Jun.,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 
Amos  Dutton,  proxy  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 
David  Deming,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 
Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 
Robert  Gates,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 
John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 
Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 
Nathan  Burton,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 


236  GKAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Uct. 

Timothy  Shepard,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Gideon  Beardsley,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Walter  D.  Smith,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Beebe  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Chester  Jones,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chaj^man,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N,   Brinsmade,   proxy  S.  W.,    Rising  Sun,  No.  27, 
Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

George  Humphrey,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Josiah  Finney,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

George  Mitchell,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Wm.  W,  Haughton,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Elijah  Gaylord,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  RobbinS;,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Benjamin  Welch,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St,  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Fred.  A.  Whiting,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Lemuel  Harrison,   M.,    Eliakim  Welton,  S.  W.,    Harmony, 
No.  42,  Waterbury. 

George  W.  Jewett,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Calvin  Seldon,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

David  McEwin,  M.,  David  Finch,  S.  W.,  Chauncey  Hatch, 
J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Hopson  Pratt,  S.  W.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 

John  T.  Peters,  M.,  Daniel  Loomis,  J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50, 
Andover. 

Hezekiah  Goodrich,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 
Forty-six  Lodges  represented. 


1811. J  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  237 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry, when  the  business  that  was  not  finished  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication  was  introduced. 

The  consideration  of  tlie  jietition  from  the  brethren  in  Say- 
brook,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that 
town,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communica- 
tion, was  resumed.  The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the 
Master  elect,  reported  that  they  had  made  the  examination  as 
directed,  and  found  him  well  qualified.  After  a  full  discussion 
of  the  subject,  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  the 
petitioners,  in  the  usual  form,  constituting  them  into  a  regular 
Lodge,  to  be  holden  within  one  mile  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
in  the  second  society  of  said  Saybrook,  to  be  known  by  the 
name  of  Mount  Olive  Lodge,  No.  52  ;  and  that  our  worshipful 
and  well  beloved  brother,  George  W.  Jewett,  be  the  first  Mas- 
ter, and  the  the  Wardens  confirmed  in  their  respective  appoint- 
ments, agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  the  said  petitioners.  It  is 
also  ordered,  that  the  parish  of  Westbrook,  in  the  said  town  of 
Saybrook,  shall  be  considered  and  remain  within  the  limits  of 
Trinity  Lodge,  No.  43,  notwithstanding  the  above  grant  for  a 
Lodge  in  Saybrook. 

The  complaint  made  by  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Derby, 
against  Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22,  Woodbridge,  for  "  initiating, 
passing  and  raising  sundry  persons  living  within  the  limits  of 
said  town  of  Derby,  without  the  knowledge  and  approbation  of 
said  King  Hiram  Lodge,"  which  was  continued  from  the  last 
Grand  Communication,  was  withdrawn  by  the  complainants,  by 
permission  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  the  remonstrance  and  appeal  of  of  Bro.  Benjamin  Can- 
dee,  a  member  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  47,  holden  in  the 
town  of  Oxford,  from  the  decision  of  said  Lodge,  pronouncing 
against  him  a  sentence  of  expulsion,  it  was  ordered,  that  said 
remonstrance  be  referred  to  an  impartial  and  disinterested  com- 
mittee for  examination.  Whereupon,  Brs.  Samuel  C.  Black- 
man,  Sheldon  Curtis,  and  John  H.  Lynde,  were  apj^ointed  on 
said  committee,  with  instructions  to  meet  at  said  Oxford,  and 


238  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

there  make  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  subject,  and  report 
the  facts,  with  their  opinion  thereon,  at  the  next  Grand  Com- 
munication. 

A  petition  from  brethren  residing  in  North  Stonington,  pray- 
ing for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  town,  was  in- 
troduced, read  and  continued,  agreeably  to  the  regulations  of 
Grand  Lodge  ;  and  Brs.  Avery  Downer  and  Ebenezer  Geer  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect. 

Brs.  Ephraim  Koot,  Elisha  Babcock,  and  James  Ward,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  and  report  at  the  next  Grand 
Communication. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1812.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  239 


MAY  SESSION,  1812. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  20th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1812,  and  of  Mafonry  5812  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEK,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

SOLOMON  COWLES,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

AARON  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

JAMES  WARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

DAVID  PORTER,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT. 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No. 
1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Elles,  M.,  Levi  H.  Clark,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2, 
Middletown. 

Daniel  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Daved  Porter,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Henry  Hoyt,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Thomas  Reed,  proxy  J.  W.,   St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Richard  Smith,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Daniel  Judson,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

Guy  Bigalow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Peter  Farnham,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 


240  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  T.  Judson,  M.,  Eichard  Burlingham,  proxy  J.  W., 
Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Thomas  Kensett,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Nathan  Burton,  M.,  Oliver  Todd,  S.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17, 
Watertown, 

Timothy  Shepard,  proxy  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Stephen  Babbit,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Eichard  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin. 

Bebee  Hyne,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Geere,  M,,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston, 

Eoger  Waldo,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

John  N.  Gunn,  proxy  S.  W.,  Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  J. 
W.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Charles  Jenks,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Wind- 
sor. 

Arnold  P.  Humphrey,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Elam  Bradley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

John  Talmadge,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

George  Mitchel,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  S.  W.,  Joseph  Kinney,  proxy  J.  W.,  Somer- 
set, No.  34,  Norwich. 

Eoger  Searle,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joseph  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

William  Cook,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Smith  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 


1812.]        GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  241 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  John  Fitch,  J.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44, 
Windham. 

Erastus  Selden,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Thomas  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

William  Morris,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  Jerusaelm,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 

John  T.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

David  Clark,  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

George  W.  Jewet,  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Fifty-one  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ; 
the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named  were 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.   W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  Aaron  Smith,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 
John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz : 

John  Hubbard,  Senior  Grand  Deacon, 
James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  presented  with  the  Jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 

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242  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Glrand  Communication, 
and  to  whom  was  referred  the  appeal  of  Benjamin  Candee  from 
the  decision  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  pronouncing  against  him  a 
sentence  of  expulsion,  reported,  that  neither  party  had  called  on 
them  to  perform  the  duties  assigned  jthem  by  their  said  appoint- 
ment ;  and  after  having  heard  the  reasons  for  this  omission,  it 
was  resolved,  that  the  same  committee,  viz  :  Brs.  Samuel  C, 
Blackman,  Sheldon  Curtis,  and  John  H.  Lynde,  be  re-appoint- 
ed for  the  purposes,  and  with  the  same  powers  and  directions  as 
contained  in  their  said  former  appointment,  and  with  this  ad- 
dition, viz  :  that  they  also  determine  whether  the  Lodge  or  the 
appellant  shall  defray  the  expense  of  their  said  meeting,  or  in 
what  proportion  it  shall  be  divided  between  them,  and  report  to 
the  next  Grand  Communication, 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  in  North 
Stonington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  town,  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was 
resumed.  The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Master 
elect  reported,  that  they  had  made  the  examination  as  directed, 
and  found  him  well  qualified.  After  a  full  discussion  of  the 
subject,  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  said  petit- 
ioners in  the  usual  manner,  forming  them  into  a  regular  Lodge, 
to  be  holden  at  the  village  of  Milltown,  in  said  North  Stoning- 
ton, to  be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  Widow's  Son 
Lodge,  No.  53,  and  that  our  Worshipful  Bro.  Coddington 
Billings  be  first  Master,  and  the  Wardens  confirmed  in  their 
respective  appointments,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  pe- 
titioners. 

The  committee  which  was  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication, to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary  made  their  report,  which  was  accej^ted 
and  approved. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  sundry  delinquencies,  by  which 
penalties  had  been  incurred.  After  having  heard  the  various 
reasons  for  these  omissions,  the  penalties  were  all,  severally,  re- 
piitted. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Sterling,  &c.,  praying  for  the 


1812.]  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  243 

establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  was  presented,  read  and  continued, 
agreeably  to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge.  Brs.  Luther 
Payne  and  Andrew  T.  Judson  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

On  the  memorial  and  representation  of  Warren  Lodge,  No. 
51,  stating  the  many  and  great  inconveniences  they  experience 
by  being  restricted  to  hold  said  Lodge  at  the  place  named  in 
their  charter,  praying  for  liberty  to  remove  the  same  to  another 
place.  Whereupon,  resolved,  that  said  Warren  Lodge,  No.  51, 
shall  in  future  be  holden  at  Middle  Haddam,  agreeably  to  the 
prayer  of  said  petitioners,  during  the  pleasure  of  this  Grand 
Lodge,  anything  in  their  said  charter  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


244  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1812. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
14th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1812,  and  of  Mafonry,  5812  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEE,  Grand  Master. 
E.  W.  JOHN  E.  WATEOUS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  AAEON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
W.  JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENEY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  HUBBAED,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  WAED,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Ebenezer  H.  Collins,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1, 
New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  S.  W.,  Joshua  Stow,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2, 
Middletown. 

John  S.  Canon,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

John  M.  Gannet,  proxy  S.  W.,  Eoswell  Bartholomew,  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Thomas  Eeed,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Eichard  Smith,  M.,  Nathaniel  Tuttle,  S.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Matthias  Nichol,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  Isham,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Eobert  Gates,  M.,  Abijah  Wilcoxen,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Bradley, 
J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


1812.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  245 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farniington. 
Eiifus  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury, 
Thomas  Kensett,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 
Oliver  Todd,  S.  W.,  Anson  Tuttle,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17, 

Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Oliver  C.  Hurd,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 

No.  18,  Newtown. 

Grideon  Beardsley,  M,,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington, 
Joseph  Galpin,  Jr.,  S.  W,,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin, 
Keuben  Warner,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 
Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 
Avery  Downer,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston, 
Ebenezer  Porter,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 
Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 

dam, 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Joseph  Whittlesey,  S.  W.,  Eising 

Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,   proxy  M.,    Morning  Star,   No,  28,   East 

Windsor. 

Thomas  Lee,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 
Eos  well  Lee,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 
Elijah  Baily,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London, 
Josiah  Finney,  S.  W.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 
Heman  Atwater,   proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  South- 

ington, 

Theodore  Barrell,  proxy  M,,  Samuel  Bailey,  S,  W,,  Somerset, 

No.  34,  Norwich. 

Timothy  Clark,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 
Joseph  Cornish,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No,  36,  Granby, 
Eleazer  Holt^  proxy  M,,  Western  Star,  No,  37,  Norfolk, 
Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 
Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston, 
Oliver  Shepard,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury, 
Andrew  Adams,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 
Amaziah  Bray,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth, 
Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 
Erastus  Selden,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 


246  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  M.,  Thomas  Hubbard,  proxy  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Isaac  M.  Wales,  S.  W.,  Timothy  Candee,  J.  W.,  Morning 
Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Heman  Chamberlain,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Daniel  Bouton,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield. 

Aaron  D.  Tarbox,  proxy  M.,  "Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Samuel  K.  Dickinson,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

G-eorge  W.  Jewett  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Forty-nine  Lodges  represented. 


IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grrand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
when  a  motion  was  made,  in  behalf  of  Benjamin  Candee,  that 
he  have  permission  to  withdraw  his  appeal  taken  from  the  de- 
cision of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  47,  pronouncing  against 
him  a  sentence  of  expulsion.  Whereupon  it  was  resolved,  that 
said  Candee  have  liberty  to  withdraw  his  said  appeal,  and  that 
the  committee  appointed  on  that  subject  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  be  dismismissed  from  any  further  attention  to 
the  same. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  residing 
in  Sterling  and  vicinity,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new 
Lodge,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communica- 
tion, was  resumed  ;  when  the  committee  appointed  to  examine 
the  Master  elect,  reported  that  in  consequence  of  his  absence 
they  had  not  been  able  to  perform  that  service.  Whereupon  it 
was  resolved,  that  said  petition  be  continued  to  the  next  Grand 
Communication,  and  that  the  same  committee,  to  wit.  Brothers 
Luther  Payne  and  Andrew  T.  Judson,  make  the  examination 
and  report  at  that  time. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  Milford,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  pre- 
sented, read,  and  continued,  agreably  to  the  regulations  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.     Brs.  Laban  Smith  and  Francis  French  were  ap- 


1812.]  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  247 

pointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report  at 
the  next  G-rand  Communication. 

Several  Lodges  were  reported  by  the  Grand  Secretary  as  hav- 
ing been  delinquent  in  not  sending  returns  and  representatives 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  The 
present  representatives  of  those  Lodges  being  prepared  to  offer 
satisfactory  reasons  for  the  several  delinquencies,  the  penalties 
were  remitted. 

Brs.  James  Ward  and  Elisha  Babcock  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Sec- 
retary for  the  current  year,  and  report  at  the  next  Grand  Com- 
munication. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary, 


248  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


MAY  SESSION,  1813. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  19th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1813,  and  of  Mafonry,  5813: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JAMES  WARD,    Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Lucius  At- 
water,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

David  Porter,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Thomas  Reed,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

John  P.  Andrews,  proxy  M.,  Charles  B.  Phelps,  proxy  S.  W., 
Nathaniel  Bacon,  2d,  J.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Ashbel  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Augustus  Cook,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford, 

Guy  Bigalow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  proxy  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 


1813.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  249 

Francis  French,  proxy  M.,  John  Beers,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Peter  Farnham,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  T.  Judson,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Oliver  Todd,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Timothy  Shepard,  proxy  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Nehemiah  Gray,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Keuben  Warner,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Ebenezer  Greere,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Moses  Allyn,  Jr.,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

George  McNary,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Salmon  Weston,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

George  Mitchel,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  S.  W.,  Consider  Sterry,  proxy  J.  W.,  Somer- 
set, No.  34,  Norwich. 

Roger  Searle,  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Appleton  Robbins,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Earl  P.  Pease,  M.,  Eleazer  Holt,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western  Star, 
No.  37,  Norfolk. 

William  Spencer,  J.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Lemuel  Sanford,  proxy  S.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Oliver  Shepard,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury, 

John  B.  Sanford,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

David  Clark,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Thomas  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Lemuel  Ingalls,  proxy  S.  W., 
Joseph  Scarborough,  2d,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pom- 
fret. 

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250  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,         [^^^y, 

David  McEwin,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 
Hopson  Pratt,  M.,  St.  Luke,  No.  48,  Kent. 
Nathaniel  Olmsted,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 
Simon  House,  M.,  Sylvester  Carver,  S.  W.,  Eleazer  Sweat- 
land,  proxy  J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50^  Andover. 

Samuel  R.  Dickinson,  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 
George  W.  Jewett,  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Forty-seven  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  oj^ened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry, 
and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  en- 
suing ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  brethren  hereafter  named 
were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed 
to  their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  Titus  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  John  R.  Watrous,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Aaron  Smith,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz : 

Br.  James  Ward,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Br.  John  H.  Lynde,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  presented  with  the  jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  lecture  and  charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  sundry  delinquencies,  by  which 
penalties  had  been  incurred.  After  having  heard  the  various 
reasons  for  these  omissions,  the  penalties  were  all,  severally,  re- 
mitted. 

The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Sterl- 
ing, praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town, 


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continued  from  the  last  Grrand  Communication,  was  resumed, 
and  after  a  lengthy  discussion,  was  negatived. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Milford,  praying  that  a 
Lodge  might  be  established  in  that  town,  was  negatived. 

The  petition  of  Benjamin  Candee,  late  a  member  of  Morning 
Star  Lodge,  No.  47,  Oxford,  dated  May  14th,  1813,  praying 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  examine  into  the  proceedings 
of  said  Lodge,  in  expelling  him  therefrom,  and  complaining  of 
the  injustice  and  irregularity  by  which  said  sentence  of  expul- 
sion had  been  obtained,  was  introduced  and  read.  By  adverting 
to  the  records  of  Grand  Lodge  it  appears  that  at  the  Grand 
Communication  in  October,  1811,  the  said  Candee  entered  his 
appeal  from  the  decision  of  said  Lodge,  when  a  committee  was 
appointed  with  full  power  to  hear,  examine,  and  report  at  the 
then  next  Grand  Communication ;  at  which,  time,  viz  :  May, 
1812,  the  committee  reported,  that  neither  the  Lodge  nor  the 
appellant  had  called  on  them  to  attend  to  the  business  of  their 
appointment ;  the  committee  was  then  re-appointed,  with  the 
same  powers  as  at  first,  together  with  this  addition,  viz  :  that 
they  also  determine  whether  the  Lodge  or  the  appellant  shall 
defray  the  expense  of  their  said  meeting,  or  in  what  proportion 
it  shall  be  divided  between  them,  and  report  to  the  next  Grand 
Communication.  At  the  next  Communication,  viz  :  October, 
1812,  a  motion  was  made  in  behalf  of  said  Candee,  for  liberty 
to  withdraw  his  said  appeal,  which  was  granted,  and  the  com- 
mittee appointed  thereon  dismissed  from  any  further  attention 
to  this  business.  With  this  full  view  of  the  subject,  it  was 
resolved,  that  no  order  be  taken  on  the  application  of  Benjamin 
Candee,  now  under  consideration,  and  that  the  sentence  of  ex- 
pulsion pronounced  against  him  by  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No. 
47,  be  approved,  ratified  and  confirmed. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


252  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.      .  [Uct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1813. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  20th 
day  of  October,  A.  D.  1813,  and  of  Mafonry  5813  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
W.  LEVI  F.  CLARK,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
EBENEZER  PERKINS,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Daniel  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Faii-field. 

John  M.  Gannett,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  Jr.,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Moses  W.  Reed,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Tuttle,  M.,  William  A.  Bronson,  S.  W.,  King 
Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury, 

Matthias  Nichol,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Solomon  R.  Hall,  M.,  Augustus  Cook,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No. 
9,  Wallingford. 

Daniel  Watrous,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Samuel  Buel,  proxy  M.,  Lucius  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's, 
No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Ahijah  Wilcoxen,  S.  W.,  John  Beers,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Martin  Strong,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 


1813.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  253 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Rufiis  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Dyer  Ames,  proxy  S.  W.,  Moriah, 
No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Anson  Tuttle,  S.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Timothy  Shepard,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Gideon  Beardsley,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Levi  Hubbell,  S.-  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Isaac  Chatfield,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Morgan,  proxy  M.,  Avery  Downer,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Edmund  Freeman,  M.,  Uriel  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Sylvester  Pulsiver,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Warren  R.  Fowler,  proxy  J.  W., 
Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  proxy  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Piatt  Starr,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Heman  Atwater,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  South- 
ington. 

Dudley  Tracey,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Cyprain  Webster,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton, 

Joshua  R.  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Eleazer  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Lemuel  Sanford,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

William  Cook,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury, 

Charles  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Daniel  Tilden,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Nathaniel  Matson,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Thomas  Dow,  proxy  S.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Chauncey  Hatch,  M.,  David  McEwin,  S.  W.,  Timothy  Can- 
dee,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Hopson  Pratt,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 


254  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Lewis  Olmstead,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Eidgefield. 
John  T.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 
David  Clmrcliill,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatliam. 
George  W.  Jewett,  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 
Forty-eiglit  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOKM. 

The  Grrand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry ;  when  a  petition  from  sundry  brethren  of  Union  Lodge,  No. 
31,  New  London,  praying  some  relief  for  our  Bro.  Ebenezer 
Perkins,  a  member  of  said  Lodge,  in  consequence  of  his  many 
and  great  misfortunes,  was  introduced  and  read.  After  sundry 
remarks  on  the  subject,  it  was  ordered,  that  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer pay  to  Bro.  Perkins  from  the  funds  of  Grand  Lodge,  sev- 
enty-five dollars,  as  a  charitable  donation  in  his  afilicted  circum- 
stances. 

Whereas,  it  is  represented  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  that  our 
trusty  and  well  beloved  brother,  John  Glaus,  who  for  many 
years  has  been  Tyler  of  this  Lodge,  is  now  very  sick  and  in  an 
indigent  situation  ;  therefore,  for  the  purpose  of  manifesting  the 
approbation  of  the  brethren  and  the  full  confidence  of  this  Lodge 
in  his  zeal  and  fidelity  as  a  brother  and  as  Tyler  of  this  Grand 
Lodge — resolved,  that  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed  to  j)re- 
sent  him  with  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  as  a  token  of  friendship 
and  brotherly  love. 

Resolved,  That  in  future  all  persons  attending  the  Grand  Lodge  as  members 
thereof,  shall  leave  their  names  with  the  Grand  Secretary  at  the  Lodge  Room  be- 
tween the  hours  of  two  and  five  oclock  P.  M.,  on  each  semi-annual  communication, 
and  that  those  that  appear  as  proxies  shall  lodge  their  certificates  of  their  ap- 
pointment with  the  Grand  Secretary  within  the  same  period.  And  it  is  further 
resolved,  that  the  returns  of  the  respective  Lodges  to  be  made  pursuant  to  the 
By-Laws  of  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  exhibited  to  the  Grand  Secretary  within  the 
hours  aforesaid ;  and  if  they  or  either  of  them  as  aforesaid,  shall  neglect  so  to  do, 
each  person  so  neglecting  shall  pay  a  fine  of  fifty  cents  to  the  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


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MAY  SESSION,  1814. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  held  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  18th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1814,  and  of  Mafonry  5814  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Grand  Master,  p.  t.  . 
K.  W.  AARON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

FRANCIS  FRENCH,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT. 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Andrew  Kidston,  proxy  S.  W.,  Laban 
Smith,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

William  C.  Hall,  M.,  Asahel  Loomis,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  2,  Middletown. 

Matthew  Talcott,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Faii-field. 

James  Ward,  M.,  James  Babcock,  S.  W.,  John  M.  Gannett, 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Moses  W.  Reed,  proxy  M,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Richard  Smith,  M.,  Charles  B.  Phelps,  J.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Ransom  Beach,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Asa  Bigalow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester, 

Lucius  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

John  Elmore,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury, 


256  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

George  Cowles,  proxy  M.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  proxy  S.  W., 
Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  T.  Judson,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Stephen  Jarvis,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Anson  Tuttle,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Elisha  Mills,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Kichard  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin. 

Eeuben  Warner,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Elihu  Sanford,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Isaac  Avery,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston, 

Edmund  Freeman,  M.,  Don  F.  Brigham,  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No. 
24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Stepney. 

Sylvester  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

John  N.  Gunn,  proxy  S.  W.,  Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  J. 
W.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Moses  Allen,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Thomas  C.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Elam  Bradley,  proxy  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Elijah  Butts,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Asahel  Wedge,  Jr.,  S.  W.  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Seth  Clark,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

Consider  Sterry,  proxy  M.,  Roger  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Som- 
erset, No.  34,  Norwich. 

Roger  Searle,  M.,  Uriah  Hopkins,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35, 
Harwinton. 

Joseph  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Earl  P.  Pease,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Andrew  L.  Hill,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Andrew  Beers,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Smith  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  proxy  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 


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Gurdon  Tracy,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Erastiis  Selden,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Darius  Mathewson,  proxy  M.,  John  McLellan,  proxy  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Timothy  Candee,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Hopson  Pratt,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Daniel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 

Sylvester  Carver,  M.,  Aaron  Tarbox,  S.  W.,  Asahel  Clark, 
J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Stephen  Griffith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

George  W.  Jewett,  M.,  Timothy  Starkey,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  Mount 
Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Fifty-one  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing. 
A  communication  was  received  from  R,  W.  John  R.  Watrous, 
Deputy  Grand  Master,  declining  further  appointment  to  any 
office  in  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  which  having  been  presented  and 
read,  the  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  brethren  hereafter  named 
declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to 
their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 
R.   W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  Aaron  Smith,  Senior  Grand  Waiden, 
W.  James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 
John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : — John  H.  Lynde,  Senior  Grand  Deacon  ; 
Levi  H.  Clark,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  jDresented  with  the  Jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 

33 


258  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Sharon,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  town,  together 
with  a  remonstrance  against  the  grant  of  said  petition,  were 
introduced  and  read.  After  some  few  remarks,  the  petition  was 
continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  agreeably  with 
the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge,  and  Brs.  Aaron  Smith  and 
Philo  Mills  were  aj^pointed  to  examine  the  Master  elect  and 
report. 

A  petition  from  Putnam  Lodge,  No.  46,  praying  for  liberty 
to  hold  their  communications  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Pom- 
fret  and  Woodstock,  was  introduced  and  read.  After  a  lengthy 
discussion  the  petition  was  negatived. 

A  j)etition  from  the  brethren  in  East  Hartford,  praying  for  a 
new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  introduced,  read  and  continued, 
and  Brs.  James  Ward  and  Sylvester  Carver  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  report. 

A  petition  from  several  brethren  residing  in  Milford,  pray- 
ing for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  said  town,  was  in- 
troduced, read  and  continued,  agreeably  to  the  regulations  of 
Grand  Lodge  ;  and  Brs.  Laban  Smith  and  Hezekiah  Hotchkiss 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect. 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced,  duly  discussed,  and 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  so  mucli  of  the  Ordinance  of  this  Grand  Lodge  as  provides  that 
upon  an  application  for  tlie  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  a  committee  shall  be 
appointed  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  that  such  application  must  be  con- 
tinued, of  course,  to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Ch-and  Secretary. 


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OCTOBER  SESSION,  1814. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
19th  day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1814,  and  of  Mafonry,  5814 : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMER,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  JAMES  WARD,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
W.  JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
LEVI  H.  CLARK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
EBENEZER  H.  COLLINS,  Juu.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

MEMBERS  present: 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Ebenezer  H.  CoUins,  S.  W.,  Edward 
Grannis,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Asahel  Loomis,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Josiah  Prindle,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Ward,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  Jr.,  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

David  Boalt,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Tuttle,  M.,  Charles  B.  Phelps,  J.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Matthias  Nichol,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

Daniel  Watrous,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Roger  Cooke,  M.,  Lucius  Smith,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11, 
Litchfield. 

Robert  Gates,  M.,  John  Beers,  J.  W.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12, 
Derby. 


260  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Elisha  Sterling,  M,,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisburj'. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

William  E.  Sillery,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Eleazer  Jucld,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Wheeler  Fairchild,  proxy  M.,  Daniel  Blackman,  S.  W.,  Hi- 
ram, No.  18,  Newtown. 

Gideon  Beardsley,  M.,  Elisha  Mills,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  Washington, 
No.  19,  Hmitington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Jehiel  Williams,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Isaac  Chatfield,  M.,  Chester  Jones,  J.  W.,  Hart's,  No.  22, 
Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Geere,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Moses  Baker,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Asaph  Coleman,  M.,  Ezra  Dayton,  S.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25, 
Stepney. 

Timothy  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Elias  Hotchkiss,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Coddington  Billings,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Daniel  Smith,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cooke,  M.,  Samuel  Pardy,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship, 
No.  33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joel  Bradley,  proxy  M.,  Ephraim  Webster,  proxy  S.  W., 
Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Orrin  Lee,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Eleazer  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Abraham  T.  Chittenden,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Calvin  Wheeler,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Gilead  Ambler,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

William  Meeker,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 


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Frederick  Hotclikiss,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Henry  Webb,  proxy  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Kensallaer  Childs,  M.,  Thomas  Dow,  proxy  S.  W.,  Thomas 
Hubbard,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Levi  Candee,  M.,  Timothy  Candee,  proxy  S.  W.,  Morning 
Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Jesse  St.  John,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Jeremiah  Mead,  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 

Asahel  Clark,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

David  Clark,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

Samuel  E.  S.  Mather,  proxy  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Say- 
brook. 

Fifty  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry. The  consideration  of  the  petition  from  the  brethren  in 
the  town  of  Sharon,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new 
Lodge,  which  was  presented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
was  resumed,  and  on  motion  continued  to  the  Grand  Communi- 
cation to  be  holden  at  Hartford,  in  May  next ;  the  same  com- 
mittee, viz  :  Brs.  Aaron  Smith  and  Philo  Mills  were  re-appointed 
to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  East  Hartford,  praying  that 
a  new  Lodge  may  be  established  in  that  town,  which  was  con- 
tinued from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  having  been  intro- 
duced, was  read,  together  with  the  documents  accompanying  it^ 
and  after  discussion  negatived. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Milford,  praying  for  a  new 
Lodge  to  be  established  there,  and  which  was  continued  from 
the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  again  read,  discussed  and 
negatived. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  residing  in  New  Preston, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  liodge,  was  introduced 


262  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

and  read.  After  some  few  remarks,  and  on  motion,  it  was  con- 
tinued to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

A  petition  from  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  25,  now  holden  in 
Stepney,  praying  for  liberty  to  remove  said  Lodge  from  thence, 
and  to  hold  the  same  in  the  first  society  in  Glastonbury,  was  in- 
troduced and  read.  After  sundry  remarks  on  the  subject,  it  was 
resolved,  that  the  prayer  of  said  petition  be  and  the  same  is 
hereby  granted,  and  that  they  be  authorized  and  permitted  to 
hold  said  Lodge  in  the  first  society  in  Glastonbury,  agreeably 
to  the  prayer  of  said  petition,  during  the  j^leasure  of  Grand 
Lodge. 

A  complaint  was  exhibited  by  the  Master  of  Putnam  Lodge, 
No.  46,  against  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34,  for  initiating  a  mem- 
ber living  and  belonging  within  the  limits  of  said  Putnam 
Lodge,  without  having  any  communication  with  said  last  men- 
tioned Lodge  on  the  subject  of  his  said  initiation,  being  contrary 
to  the  regulations  of  Grand  Lodge.  WhereujDon,  it  was  resolved 
and  ordered,  that  said  complaint  be  continued  to  the  next  Grand 
Communication,  and  that  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  summon 
said  Somerset  Lodge  to  appear  at  thai?  time,  to  make  answer 
thereto. 

On  the  application  of  Bro.  John  Beers,  a  member  of  King 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  12,  Derby — ordered,  that  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer pay  to  him  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  from  the  funds  of  this 
Lodge,  as  a  charitable  donation  to  relieve  him  in  his  present 
indigent  and  distressed  situation. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


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MAY  SESSION,  1815. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  17th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1815,  and  of  Mafonry,  5815: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  STEPHEN  T.  HOSMEE,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
LEVI  H.  CLARK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  ROGER  SEARLE,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Lewis  Al- 
brecht,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Joseph  Backus,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Babcock,  M.,  Isaac  Perkins,  S.  W.,  Talcott  Wolcott, 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Curtis  Hinman,  S.  W,,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Mathew  Talcott,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford, 

Asa  Bigalow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Lucius  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  John  Beers,  S.  W,,  Joseph  Sage,  J.  W., 
King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


264  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [M^y, 

Elisha  Sterling,  proxy  M.,  John  Elmore,  proxy  S.  W.,  Mont- 
gomery, No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmirgton. 

Luther  Payne,  proxy  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

William  R.  Sillery,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Oliver  Todd,  M.,  Sedley  Woodward,  S.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17, 
Watertown. 

Roswell  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunting- 
ton. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Richard  Wilcox,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin. 

Elisha  Bostwick,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Nathaniel  Kimball,  proxy  M.,  William  Belcher,  proxy  S.  W., 
St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Edmund  Freeman,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Jehiel  Hale,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25, 
Glastenbury. 

Samuel  Leavitt,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Arnold  P.  Humphrey,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Return  E.  Jones,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Coddington  Billings,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London, 

Silas  Beckley,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Nathaniel  J.  Root,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friend- 
ship, No.  33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Roger  Searle,  proxy  M.,  Abraham  Pettibone,  Jr.,  S.  W., 
Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joshua  R.  Jewett,  M.,  Abner  Case,  J.  W.,  St.  Mark's,  No. 
36,  Granby. 

Earl  P.  Pease,  M.,  Nathaniel  Stevens,  proxy  J.  W.,  Western 
Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Charles  Winton,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Gilead  Ambler,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  A.  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Gurdon  Tracey,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham, 


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Calvin  Sheldon,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Kensellaer  Chilcls,  M.,  Thomas  Dow,  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No. 
46,  Pomfret. 

Timothy  Candee,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Jesse  St.  John,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Jeremiah  Mead,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield. 

Leonard  Hendee,  M.,  Frederick  Kose,  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50, 
Andover. 

Jesse  Hurd,  Jun.,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

Samuel  Ingham,  proxy  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Forty-six  Lodges  represented. 


m  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Mason- 
ry, and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  G-rand  Officers  for  the  year 
ensuing  ;  when  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  brethren  hereinafter 
named  declared  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to 
their  names,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Aaron  Smith,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  James  Ward,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

W.     John  H.  Lynde,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"       Levi  H.  Clarke,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Eev.   Roger  Searle,  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  Grand  Officers  were  severally  presented  with  their  jewels, 
together  with  a  lecture  and  charge  well  adapted  to  each,  by  the 
M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

34 


266  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Sharon,  praying  for  the 
establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  continued  from  the 
last  Grand  Communication,  was  introduced,  and  the  considera- 
tion thereof  resumed.  The  committee  appointed  to  examine 
the  Master  elect,  reported,  that  they  made  the  examination  as 
directed,  and  found  him  well  qualified.  After  a  full  discussion, 
and  the  hearing  of  a  remonstrance,  the  petition  was  granted, 
and  a  charter  ordered  to  be  issued,  by  the  name  of  "  Hamilton 
Lodge,  No.  54" — Bro.  Daniel  Parker  to  be  first  Master,  and  the 
Wardens  appointed  as  per  petition. 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  New  Preston,  for  a  Lodge 
to  be  established  in  that  town,  which  was  continued  from  the 
last  Grand  Communication,  was  again  read,  and  after  discus- 
sion, negatived. 

The  following  resolution  was  presented,  discussed,  and  unani- 
mously adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  attention  of  the  several  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  should 
be  directed  to  the  conduct  and  walk  of  their  members  ;  that  they  be  required,  in 
the  spirit  of  brothely  love,  to  discipline  any  disorderly  and  unworthy  members, 
and  as  far  as  practicable  to  keep  them  within  the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Or- 
der ;  that  in  the  view  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  it  is  of  the  first  importance  that  the 
Lodges  be  particularly  cautious  in  the  admission  of  new  members. 

On  the  complaint  of  Putnam  Lodge,  No.  46,  against  Somer- 
set, No.  34,  for  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  Grand  Lodge,  laid 
over  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  after  hearing  the  evi- 
dence of  both  parties,  it  was  found  that  said  Somerset  Lodge 
had  initiated  a  candidate  who  resided  within  the  limits  of  said 
Putnam  Lodge  ;  whereupon,  it  was  resolved,  that  Somerset 
Lodge,  No.  34,  be  fined  twenty-five  dollars,  to  be  paid  into  the 
funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  within  thirty  days,  and  on  failure 
thereof,  that  the  charter  of  said  Lodge,  and  all  power  and  au- 
thority under  the  same,  be  suspended  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

A  complaint  was  exhibited  by  Bro.  Earl  P.  Pease,  Master  of 
Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  against  Montgomery,  No.  13,  for 
initiating  members  contrary  to  the  laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ; 
which  complaint  was  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communica- 


1815.]         GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  267 

tion,  and  the  Grand  Secretary  ordered  to  summon  Montgomery 
Lodge  to  appear  and  answer  thereto. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  15, 
and  Village,  No.  29,  had  incurred  penalties  by  not  being  repre- 
sented at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  The  excuses  for  the 
delinquencies  being  stated  by  the  members  from  those  Lodges, 
the  penalties  were  remitted. 

After  solemn  prayer,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  ad- 
journed to  Grand  Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


268  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct, 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1815, 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  18th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1815,  and  of  Mafonry  5815  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

B.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
W.  AARON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer, 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t, 
Bev.  BOGEB  SEARLE,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

John  H.  Lynde,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven, 

Richard  Hyde,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Babcock,  M.,  Sheldon  W.  Candee,  J,  W.,  St,  John's, 
No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner.,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Matthew  Marvin,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Charles  B.  Phelps,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Ashbel  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford, 

Lucius  Smith,  M..,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Abijah  Wilcoxen,  S.  W.,  John  Beers,  J,  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  George  Norton,  J.  W,,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Harris,  M.,  Moriah,  No,  15,  Canterbury. 


1815.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  269 

.    Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Aner  Bradlej^,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Abiel  K.  Botsford,  M.,  Gideon  Beardsley,  J.  W.,  Washing- 
ton, No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin, 

Daniel  Pickel,  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Stephen  Wooding,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Erastus  Smith,  M.,  St.  James,  No.  23,  Preston, 

Edmund  Freeman,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

William  Palmer,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  EastHad-- 
dam. 

Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Arnold  P.  Humphrey,  M,,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Coddington  Billings,  M,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Judah  Eldred,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Newcomb  Kinney,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Wm.  C.  Abernathy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joel  Holcomb,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  M.,  Alban  Rose,  S.  W.,  George  B.  Holt, 
J,  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk.  . 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Isaac  Cooley,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

James  Bebee,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Wm.  Comes,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Simeon  Davis,  M.,  Isaac  Davis,  S.  W.,  Thomas  Dow,  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

David  McEwen,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Elijah  Stewart,  S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Reed,  J.  W.,  St.  Luke's, 
No.  48.  Kent. 


270  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Lewis  Olmsted,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Ridgefield. 
John  S.  Peters,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 
Ira  Lee,  proxy  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 
Oliver  Kellogg,  proxy  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Forty-eight  Lodges"  represented. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  with  an 
impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  in  obedience  to  the  vote 
of  last  Grand  Communication,  Montgomery  Lodge,  No.  13, 
had  been  summoned,  and  was  now  present  to  answer  to  the 
complaint  of  Western  Star,  No.  37,  charging  said  Lodge  with 
initiating  members  in  violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the  Grand 
Lodge.  After  some  discussion,  (both  parties  having  been  heard,) 
it  was  ordered  that  the  subject  be  further  postponed  to  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  sundry  delinquencies  at  the 
last  Grand  Communication.  After  hearing  the  excuses  offered, 
the  penalties  were  all  remitted,  except  those  on  Morning  Star 
Lodge,  No.  28,  which  were  inflicted,  to  wit,  eight  dollars  for 
non-attendance,  and  five  dollars  for  not  making  returns. 

The  Grand  Treasurer  reported,  that  he  had  raceived  the  fine 
of  twenty-five  dollars,  \^hich  was  inflicted  on  Somerset  Lodge, 
No.  34,  at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  for  initiating  a  can- 
didate who  resided  within  the  limits  of  another  Lodge. 

A  petition  was  received  from  Bro.  John  Grifiin,  of  Morning 
Star  Lodge,  No.  47,  Oxford,  stating  that  he  is  more  than  90 
years  of  age,  very  poor,  and  has  no  relatives  to  whom  he  can 
look  for  aid  or  support,  praying  for  charitable  relief  from  this 
Grand  Lodge.  The  statement  being  fully  corroborated  by  sev- 
eral members,  who  knew  the  petitioner  to  be  a  worthy  brother, 
the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  was  voted  for  his  relief. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Meriden,  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  introduced  and  read.  After 
a  full  discussion,  the  petition  was  negatived. 


1815.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  271 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced,  and  after  brief  dis- 
cussion, unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  there  be  paid  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  from  the 
funds  thereof,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  annually,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of 
May  last,  for  performing  the  ordinary  duties  incident  to  that  office ;  and  that  the 
present  Grand  Secretary  shall  receive,  over  and  above  his  former  salary  of  twen- 
ty-five dollars  per  annum,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  as  a  compensation' for  his  past 
services. 

Brs.  James  Ward  and  Sheldon  W.  Candee  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Grand  Treasurer,  and  report  at  the  next  Grand  Com- 
munication. 

After  solemn  prayer  by  our  Worshipful  and  Rev.  G.  Chaplain, 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand  Lodge  in 
course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


272  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


MAY  SESSION,  1816. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1816,  and  of  Mafonry,  5816: 

OFFICERS  present: 

K.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
B.  W.  AAEON  SMITH,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

LEVI  H.  CLARK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Br.  ROGER  SEARLE,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Ralph  I.  IngersoU,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  John 
Hunt,  proxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  HaVen. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Matthew  Talcott,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Babcock,  M.,  Sheldon  W.  Candee,  S.  W.,  Thomas  K. 
Brace,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  proxy  M,,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Benjamin  Isaacs,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk, 

Joel  Jones,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  S.  Beach,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Aaron  Smith,  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Wm.  M.  Burwell,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Sahsbury, 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Rufus  Adams,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 


1816.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  273 

Ledley  Woodward,  M.,  Calvin  Butler,  proxy  S.  W.,  Federal, 
No,  17,  Watertown, 

Marcus  Botsfordj  proxy  M.,  Josiah  Fairchild,  proxy  S.  W., 
Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Menzies  Raynor,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Seelye  Eichmond,  proxy  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Archibald  A.  Perkins,  S.  W.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  Nathaniel  Kimball,  proxy  S.  W., 
William  Williams,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Henry  Jones,  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25, 
Glastonbury. 

Josiah  Barber,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  N.  Brinsmade,  proxy  M,,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Wash- 
ington. 

Daniel  Hayden,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Amos  Beecher,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Amasa  Bradley,  proxy  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Charles  Starr,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Salmon  Weston,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Seth  Clark,   S.  W.,   Friendship,    No.  33, 
Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,   J.W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Norman  Prindle,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joel  Holcomb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

George  B.  Holt,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Isaac  Beach,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Eli  Terry,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  A.  Lacey,  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Andrew  Adams,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Gurdon  Tracy,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  M.,  William  Bowen,  proxy  S.  W., 
Simon  Davis,  Jr.,  proxy  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Jared  Hawley,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

35 


274  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Clark  Beardsley,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 
Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield. 
Sylvester  Carver,  M.,  Grideon  Hollister,  J.  W.,  Warren,  No. 
50,  And  over. 

David  Stocking,  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

George  W.  Jewett,  S.  W.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Sayhrook. 

Oliver  Kellogg,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Fifty  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOEM. 

After  a  solemn  and  well  adapted  prayer  by  our  reverend  Bro. 
the  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third 
Degree  of  Masonry,  when  a  communication  was  received  from 
the  Most  Worshipful  Stephen  T.  Hosmer,  Grand  Master,  de- 
clining any  further  appointment  to  office  in  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 
to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Grand  Master. 

R.   W.  Aaeon  Smith,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  James  Ward,  Senior  Grand  Waiden. 

W.  John  H.  Lynde,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

W.  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

W.  Levi  H.  Clark,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
W.  James  Babcock,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Roger  Searle,  Grand  Chaplain, 

The  officers  elect  were  severally  presented  with  the  Jewels  of 
their  respective  offices,  together  with  a  Lecture  and  Charge  well 
adapted  to  each,  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master. 


1816.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  275 

The  complaint  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  against  Mont- 
gomery Lodge,  No.  13,  for  initiating  members  contrary  to  a 
By-Law  of  Grand  Lodge,  and  which  was  continued  from  the 
last  Grand  Communication,  was  now  introduced  and  read.  After 
sundry  remarks  on  the  subject,  on  motion,  it  was  again  contin- 
ued to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  and  the  parties  directed 
then  to  appear  prepared  for  final  trial  and  decision. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  sundry  penalties  had  been 
incurred  by  different  Lodges  for  non-attendance  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication,  and  for  not  making  returns.  The  reasons 
for  those  omissions  having  been  severally  stated,  the  penalties 
were  all  remitted. 

The  Master  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  38,  moved  to  be 
heard  respecting  the  penalties  that  were  inflicted  on  that  Lodge 
at  the  Communication  in  October  last,  which  motion  was  grant- 
ed, and  after  a  full  hearing  and  many  remarks  on  the  subject  by 
sundry  members,  these  penalties  were  both  remitted. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary  made  their  report,  which 
was  accepted,  and  approved. 

A  communication  was  received  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Pennsylvania,  notifying  the  Craft  in  this  State  of  the  existence 
of  a  clandestine  Lodge  in  that  jurisdiction,  calling  themselves 
by  the  name  of  "  Philadelphia  Lodge,  No.  2." 

A  petition  from  brethren  residing  in  Plymouth,  praying  for 
the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  presented 
and  read,  and  postponed  to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

A  petition  from  brethren  residing  in  Torrington  and  vicinity, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town, 
was  introduced  and  read,  together  with  sundry  documents  ac- 
companying it ;  it  was  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Commu- 
nication, and  Brs.  Elisha  Sterling  and  Aaron  Smith  appointed 
to  examine  the  Master  elect  and  rej)ort. 

After  solemn  prayer,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  ad- 
journed to  Grand  Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary, 


276  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1816. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the 
16th  day  of  October,  A.  D.  1816,  and  of  Malbnry,  5816 : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
JAMES  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Rev.  ROGER  SEARLE,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS   PRESENT  : 

Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  M.,  Ebenezer  H.  Collins,  S.  W.,  Nath'l 
Bacon,  2d,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Asahel  Loomis,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Enoch  Foot,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

James  Bahcock,  M.,  Sheldon  W.  Candee,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Matthew  Marvin,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

AVm.  T.  Shelton,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

John  R.  Watrous,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Elijah  Adams,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  ll,Litchtield. 

Francis  French,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Elisha  Sterling,  M,,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

John  MLx,  M,,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 


1816.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  277 

Kufus  Adams,  M.,  Moriali,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Calvin  Butler,  M.,  Samuel  Hickox,  S.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17, 
Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Adoniram  Fairchild,  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  18,  Newtown. 

Menzies  Eaynor,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Hannony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Jehiel  Williams,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Archibald  A.  Perkins,  S.  W.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Ebenezer  Avery,  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Don  F.  Brigham,  M.,  Keuben  Marcy,  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24, 
Mansfield, 

Jonathan  Wells,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

Timothy  Chapman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Curtis  Titus,  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Shubael  Griswold,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Amos  Beecher,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Daniel  Smith,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cooke,  M.,  Samuel  Pardy,  proxy  S.  W.,  Friendship, 
No.  33,  Southington, 

Elisha  Tracy,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Uriah  Hopkins,  proxy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joab  Griffin,  proxy  M.,  St.  Marks,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  M.,  George  B.  Holt,  S.  W.,  Western  Star, 
No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Joseph  Griffin,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Hezekiah  Reed,  M.,  Peter  C.  Oakley,  S.  W.,  Ark,  No.  39, 
Weston. 

John  S.  Blackman,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

William  Meeker,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Elias  Ford,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 


278  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Jonathan  Wolcott,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythafijoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  M.,  Judah  Lyon,  S.  W.,  Putnam, 
No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Levi  Candee,  M.,  Timothy  Candee,  proxy  S.  W.,  Morning 
Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Wm.  Hawley,  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Eidgefield. 

John  Payne,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

David  Stocking,  M.,  Jeremiah  Taylor,  J.  W.,  W^arren,  No. 
51,  Chatham. 

Wm.  Williams,  M.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  53,  North  Stonington. 

Forty-nine  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE   FOKM. 

After  very  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

The  complaint  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  againt  Mont- 
gomery Lodge,  No.  13,  which  was  continued  from  the  Grand 
Communication  in  May  last,  was  introduced  and  read,  the  par- 
ties being  present.  After  a  partial  investigation,  it  was  moved, 
seconded,  and  resolved,  that  sale  complaint  be  referred  to  three 
brethren,  as  a  special  committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  with  full  power  to  hear  and  make  a  thorough 
investigation  of  the  subject  matter  of  said  complaint.;  with  like 
power  to  call  on  those  Lodges,  or  either  of  them,  for  cojiies  of 
record,  or  any  other  document  in  their  possession  ;  and  to  call 
on  any  Mason  or  Masons,  member  or  members  of  those  Lodges, 
or  either  of  them,  or  of  any  other  regularly  constituted  Lodge, 
by  whom  information  may  be  had  relative  to  this  subject  ;  first 
giving  those  Lodges  seasonable  notice  of  the  time  when  and  the 
place  where  they  will  attend  to  the  business  of  this  their  ap- 
pointment ;  and  also  furnish  each  of  said  Lodges  with  a  copy 
of  this  ordinance  ;  and  make  report  of  the  facts  that  may  ap- 
pear on  such  investigation,  with  their  opinion  thereon,  to  the 
next  Grand  Communication, 


1816.]  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  279 

It  was  further  ordered  and  resolved,  that  the  committee  ap- 
pointed for  the  purpose  above  mentioned,  also  be  instructed  to 
make  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  which  of  those  Lodges  ought, 
in  their  opinion,  to  defray  the  expense  of  this  reference,  or  what 
proportion  each  ought  to  pay. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  was  pleased  to  appoint  Brs.  Cal- 
vin Butler,  Roger  Cook,  and  Elijah  Adams,  a  special  commit- 
tee for  the  purposes  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  proceedings. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  in  Plymouth,  for  a  Lodge  in 
that  town,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication, was  again  introduced  and  read  ;  and  after  a  brief  dis- 
cussion, it  was,  on  motion  of  the  agent  for  the  petitioners,  again 
continued. 

The  petition  of  brethren  in  Torrington,  for  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  town,  which  was  also  laid  over  at  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication, was  again  introduced  and  read,  together  with  sundry 
documents  accompanying  the  same.  After  much  discussion,  it 
was  moved,  seconded,  and  carried,  that  said  petition  be  again 
continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  and  that  Broth- 
ers Eiisha  Sterling  and  Calvin  Butler  be  a  committee  to  exam- 
ine the  Master  elect,  and  report. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  penalties  had  been  incur- 
red by  several  Lodges,  for  non-attendance  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  and  for  not  making  returns.  The  reasons  for 
these  omissions  having  been  satisfactorily  stated  by  the  several 
representatives  of  the  delinquent  Lodges  present  at  this  time, 
the  penalties  were  remitted,  with  the  exception  of  King  Solo- 
mon's Lodge,  No.  7,  Woodbury,  which  not  being  rej^resented 
at  this  communication,  and  no  reasons  having  been  assigned  for 
their  former  delinquency,  the  penalties  were  inflicted,  to  wit — 
eight  dollars  for  non-attendance,  and  five  dollars  for  making  no 
returns. 

The  following  resolution  was  introduced,  duly  discussed,  and 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary,  under  the  order  and  direction  of  the  Grand 
Master,  be  directed  to  compile  all  the  ordinances,  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  now  in  force,  and  procure  them  to  be  printed  ;  and  that  he 


280  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

transmit  six  copies  thereof  to  each  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction,  retaining  a 
sufficient  number  for  the  use  of  the  Grand  Lodge  and  the  Grand  Officers ;  and 
that  the  expense  of  said  compilation  and  printing  shall  be  paid  from  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge. 

A  communication  was  received  from  our  aged  brother  John 
Griffin,  a  member  of  Morning  Star  "Lodge,  No.  47,  Oxford,  ex- 
pressing, in  a  most  feeling  manner,  his  grateful  thanks  for  the 
charitable  donation  made  to  him,  in  his  time  of  need,  by  this 
Grand  Lodge,  at  the  communication  in  October  last ;  which 
was  read,  and  ordered  to  be  kept  on  file. 

After  solemn  prayer  by  our  Kev.  Brother  the  Grand  Chaplain, 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  and  adjourned  to  Grand  Lodge 
in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Ch-and  Secretary. 


1817.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  281 


MAY  SESSION,  1817. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room. in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  14th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1817,  and  of  Mafonry,  5817  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  SOLOMON  COWLES,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

LEVI  H.  CLARK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

JAMES  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Andrew 
Kidston,  j)roxy  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Levi  H.  Clark,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

David  Minott,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Sheldon  W,  Candee,  M.,  Thomas  K.  Brace,  S.  W.,  James 
M.  Goodwin,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Minor,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich, 

Daniel  Church,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Charles  B.  Phelps,  M.,  Curtis  Hinman,  S.  W.,  King  Solo- 
mon's, No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Joel  Jones,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Moses  S.  Beach,  J.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

David  Deming,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester, 

Roger  Cook,  proxy  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

John  L.  Tomlinson,  M.,  Alby  Perry,  S.  W.,  King  Hiram, 
No.  12,  Derby. 

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282  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Luther  Payne,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury, 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Aner  Bradley,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Abiel  K.  Botsford,  M.,  Gideon  Beardsley,  J.  W.,  Washing- 
ton, No.  19,  Huntington. 

Richard  Wilcox,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Daniel  Pickel,  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Archibald  A.  Perkins,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Erastus  Smith,  M.,  St.  James,  No.  23,  Preston. 

Don  F.  Brigham,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

Henry  Whitman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Daniel  Hayden,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Arnold  P.  Humphrey,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Coddington  Billings,  M,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Judah  Eldred,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Samuel  Pardee,  M.,  Heman  Atwater,  J.  W.,  Friendship,  No. 
33,  Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  J.  W.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Wm.  C.  Abernathy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joel  Holcomb,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  M.,  Alban  Rose,  S.  W.,  George  B.  Holt, 
J.  W.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Ozias  Whedon,  J.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Isaac  Cooley,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Samuel  T.  Barnum,  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Horace  Porter,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbuiy. 

Amaziah  Bray  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Gurdon  Tracy,  M.,  John  Fitch,  S.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44, 
Windham. 


1817. J         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  283 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Thomas  Hubbard,  M.,  Thomas  Dow,  J.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46, 
Pomfret. 

John  P.  Andrews,  proxy  M.,  Jared  Hawley,  proxy  J.  W., 
Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Philo  Mills,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Wm.  Hawley,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Eidgefield, 

Sylvester  Carver,  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Benjamin  Hurd,  proxy  J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

Erastus  Williams,  M.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  53,  North  Stonington. 

Oliver  Kellogg,  proxy  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Fifty-one  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOKM. 

The  G-rand  Lodge  was  ojDened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry. 
A  communication  was  received  from  R.  W.  Aaron  Smith,  our 
Deputy  Grand  Master,  stating  that  he  had  removed  to  the  city 
of  New  York,  and  could  not  therefore  be  considered  as  a  candi- 
date for  any  office  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 
to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Solomon  Cowles,  Grand  Master. 

B.  W.  James  Ward,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  John  H.  Lynde,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Levi  H.  Clarke,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

Bro.  James  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"     Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Roger  Searle,  Grand  Chaplain. 


284  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^y, 

The  petition  from  the  brethren  in  Plymouth,  jDraying  for  the 
establishment  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  continued 
from  the  last  Grrand  Communication,  was  introduced  and  read, 
and  after  discussion,  negatived. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of  Tor- 
rington  and  its  vicinity,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new 
Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  was  called  uj3  and  read.  After  a  lengthy  dis- 
cussion, said  petition  was  granted,  and  the  Grand  Secretary  di- 
rected to  issue  a  charter  in  the  usual  form,  empowering  them  to 
hold  a  Lodge  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Stephen  Fyler,  in  said  town 
of  Torrington,  to  be  designated  by  the  name  of  "  Seneca  Lodge, 
No.  55  ;"  that  our  Worshipful  Bro.  Truman  S.  Wetmore  be 
first  Master,  Bro.  Kussel  C.  Abernethy  the  first  Senior  Warden, 
and  Bro.  John  McAlpin  the  first  Junior  Warden,  agreeable  to 
the  prayer  X)f  said  petition. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  King  Solomon's  Lodge,  No.  7, 
Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  and  Hamilton,  No.  54,  as  delinquent  at 
the  last  Grand  Communication,  for  non-attendance  and  not 
making  returns.  The  reasons  for  those  omissions  were  stated, 
in  behalf  of  King  Solomon's  and  Hamilton  Lodges,  and  the 
penalties  remitted.  Mount  Olive  Lodge  being  unrepresented  at 
this  time,  and  no  excuse  offered  for  their  delinquency,  the  pen- 
alties prescribed  by  the  by-laws  were  inflicted,  to  wit,  eight 
dollars  for  non-attendance,  and  five  dollars  for  not  making  re- 
turns. 

The  petition  of  Village  Lodge,  No.  29,  New  Hartford,  pray- 
ing for  permission  to  hold  that  Lodge  alternately  in  the  towns 
of  Canton  and  Barkhamsted,  after  having  been  read,  was  nega- 
tived. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  complaint  of  West- 
ern Star  Lodge,  No.  37,  against  Montgomery  Lodge,  No.  13, 
for  initiating  candidates  contrary  to  the  ordinances  and  by-laws 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  reported,  that  the  parties  had  been  before 
them,  and  were  fully  heard  on  the  subject  of  said  complaint  ; 
that  on  a  full  investigation,  it  appeared  to  the  committee  that 
said  Montgomerv  Lodge  had  received  two  candidates  who  lived 


1817.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  285 

within  the  limits  of  said  Western  Star  Lodge,  which  is  a  viola- 
tion of  the  by-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  and  that  it  further 
appeared  to  them  that  this  happened  through  a  misapprehen- 
sion of  the  force  and  meaning  of  the  law  and  not  with  any  in- 
tention to  violate  it.  Whereupon,  they  reported  that  Mont- 
gomery Lodge  ought  to  pay  the  expense  of  this  reference,  and 
the  complaint  be  dismissed  ;  which  report  was  accepted  and 
approved. 

After  solemn  prayer,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  ad- 
journed to  Grand  Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary, 


286  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1817. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  15th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1817,  and  of  Mafonry  5817  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

JOHN  H.  LYNDE,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
JAMES  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
DANIEL  B.  BRINSMADE,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  : 

Ralph  I.  IngersoU,  M.,  Nathaniel  Bacon,  2d,  S.  W.,  John 
Hunt,  2d,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Joshua  Stow,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Enoch  Foote,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Horatio  G.  Hale,  proxy  M.,  Noah  A.  Phelps,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Wm.  J.  Street,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norw^alk. 

Charles  B.  Phelps,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Ashhel  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

Asa  Bigelow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Lucius  Smith,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

John  L.  Tomlinson,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 


1817.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  287 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  George  Norton,  J,  W.,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Harris,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  Hickox,  M.,  John  D.  Wooster,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No. 
17,  Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eli  L.  Hawley,  M.,  Gideon  Beardsley,  J.  W.,  Washington, 
No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Moses  D.  Seymour,  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  20,  Berlin. 

Ezra  Noble,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Keuben  Judd,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

James  Cook,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Henry  Dayton,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

Curtis  Hickox,  proxy  M.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Norman  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

James  Mitchell,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Asahel  Widge,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

John  E.  Benjamin,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

Elisha  Tracy,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

William  C.  Abernathy,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Earl  P.  Pease,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Aaron  Seeley,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

John  Baldwin,  proxy  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham, 

Erastus  Selden,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Samuel  Wire,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Philo  Mills,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Lewis  Olmsted,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield. 

Simon  House,  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50, 
Andover. 


288  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Benjamin  Hurd,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 
Noah  Walker,  proxy  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 
Erastus  Williams,  M.,   George  Hubbard,  J.  W.,  Widow's 
Son,  No.  53,  North  Stonington. 

Daniel  Parker,  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 
Israel  Coe,  proxy  M.,  Seneca,  No.  55,  Torrington. 

Forty-nine  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  very  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No. 
27,  and  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  were  not  represented  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication.  The  reasons  given  in  behalf  of  Rising 
Sun  Lodge  were  satisfactory,  and  the  penalty  was  remitted. 

St.  Marks  Lodge,  No.  36,  not  being  represented  at  this  time, 
the  penalty  was  inflicted. 

A  former  penalty  imposed  on  Mount  Olive  Lodge,  No.  52, 
for  non-attendance,  was,  after  good  and  sufficient  reasons  had 
been  given,  remitted. 

Brs.  Ephraim  Root,  Elislia  Babcock,  and  James  Ward,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  and  report  at  the  next  Grand 
C  ommunication. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  Avas  closed, 
after  a  solemn  and  impressive  prayer,  and  adjourned  to  Grand 
Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1818.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  289 


MAY  SESSION,  1818. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moll  Worlliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1818,  and  of 
Mafonry  5818  : 

R.  W.    JAMES  WARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"         JAMES  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
"        RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
"        HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
"         JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

GUY  BIGELOW,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
THOMAS  K.  BRACE,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Rev.     MENZIES  RAYNER  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT  *. 

Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Joel  Jones,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Thomas  K.  Brace,  M.,  James  M.  Goodwin,  S.  W.,  Charles 
Babcock,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Wm.  J.  Street,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Charles  B.  Phelps,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Robert  Fairclild,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Moses  S.  Beach,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9, 
Wallingford. 

Asa  Bigelow,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Lucius  Smith,  M.,  James  Winship,  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11, 
Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

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290  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Daniel  Frost,  Jr.,  M.,  Vine  Kobinson,  proxy  S.  W.,  Moriah, 
No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Slielton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Samuel  Hickox,  M.,  John  D.  Wooster,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No. 
17,  Watertown. 

Marcus  Botsford,  M.,  Josiah  Fairchild,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18, 
Newtown. 

Menzies  Kayner,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Ezra  Noble,  M.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Archibald  A.  Perkins,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Avery  Downer,  proxy  M.,  William  Williams,  proxy  J.  W., 
St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Don  F.  Brigham,  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastonbury. 

Henry  Whitman,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Daniel  Hayden,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Norman  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

George  H.  Richards,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Salmon  Weston,  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Seth  Clark,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington. 

Samuel  Bailey,  S.  W.,  Newcomb  Kinney,  J.  W^.,  Somerset, 
No.  34,  Norwich. 

William  C.  Abernathy,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joshua  R.  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

George  B.  Holt,  M.,  Wm.  Battell,  S.  W.,  Western  Star,  No. 
37,  Norfolk. 

Wm.  Spencer,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Isaac  Cooley,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Zalmon  Wildman,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Silas  Judd,  M.,  Timothy  Gibbud,  proxy  S.  W.,  Harmony, 
No.  42,  Waterbury. 


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Austin  Olcott,  M.,  David  Wright,  J.  W.,  Trinity,  No.  43, 
Killingworth. 

Gurclon  Tracy,  M.,  John  Fitch,  S.  W.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44, 
Windham. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Walter  Janes,  M.,  John  Fox,  proxy  S.  W.,  Putnam,  No.  46, 
Pomfret. 

Samuel  Wire,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Eussel  Millard,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Simon  House,  M.,  Gideon  HoUister,  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50, 
Andover. 

Benjamin  Hurd,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham, 

Wm,  Lynde,  proxy  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Coddington  BiUings,  M.,  George  Hubbard,  J.  W.,  Widow's 
Son,  No.  53,  North  Stonington. 

Ansel  Sterlign,  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

John  Wetmore,  proxy  M.,  Aason  Smith,  S.  W,,  Seneca,  No. 
55,  Torrington. 

Fifty- three  Lodges  represented. 


IN  DUE  FOKM. 

After  very  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

A  communication  was  received  from  our  M,  W,  Grand  Mas- 
ter, Solomon  Cowles,  declining  any  further  appointment  to  of- 
fice in  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  communication  from  the  Grand  Master  also  announced, 
in  very  feeling  and  pathetic  terms,  the  death  of  our  beloved 
brother,  R.  W.  John  Hart  Lynde,  of  New  Haven,  Senior  Grand 
Warden  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Oflficers  for  the  ensuing  year  ;  when  ballots  were  collected, 
and  the  following  brethren  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
offices  affixed  to  their  names,  viz  : 


292  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

M.  W.  Oliver  Wolcott,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  James  Ward,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"         James  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"         Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 

"        Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"        John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 

A  respectable  delegation  was  appointed  to  wait  upon  His 
Excellency  Governor  Wolcott,  Grand  Master  elect,  inform  him 
of  his  election,  and  request  his  attendance  at  the  Lodge  Room. 
After  a  short  absence,  the  delegation  returned,  accompanied  by 
Bro.  Wolcott,  who,  after  a  few  appropriate  remarks,  accepted 
the  office,  and  was  inducted  into  the  chair  by  the  R.  W.  Depu- 
ty Grand  Master,  with  a  short  address,  attended  by  suitable 
Masonic  ceremonies. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

Br.  Guy  Bigelow,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Br.  Thomas  K.  Brace,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  death  of  our  R.  W.  Senior  Grand  Warden,  having  been 
announced  by  our  Past  Grand  Master,  the  following  resolution 
was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  is  deeply  sensible  of  the  great  loss  which  the 
Order  has  sustained  by  the  death  of  our  distinguished  brother,  John  H.  Lynda, 
late  Senior  Grand  Warden,  who  has  been  taken  from  us  in  the  bloom  of  life  and 
ill  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  and  whose  exalted  merit  and  Masonic  and  social 
virtues  endeared  him  to  all  his  brethren,  and  rendered  him  eminently  an  orna- 
ment to  Society. 

The  regular  business  of  the  Grand  Lodge  was  then  ordered 
to  be  brought  forward  ;  when  the  Grand  Secretary  reported  that 
sundry  Lodges  had  incurred  penalties,  in  consequence  of  their 
non-attendance  and  not  making  returns  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication. After  the  reasons  had  been  stated  for  those  delin- 
quencies, the  penalties  were  all  remitted. 

A  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  Bristol  and  vicinity, 
praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town,  was 


1818.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  293 

presented  and  read  ;  and  after  some  discussion,  it  was  granted, 
but  no  charter  to  issue  until  after  the  Grand  Communication 
in  October  next.  Brs.  John  Mix  and  Lemuel  Whitman  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  examine  the  Master  elect,  and  report 
at  that  time. 

A  petition  from  brethren  residing  in  and  near  the  Borough 
of  Stonington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge 
at  that  place,  was  introduced  ;  but  no  documents  accompany- 
ing the  petition,  it  was  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Commu- 
nication. 

Upon  the  petition  of  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  Watertown,  for 
liberty  to  alternate  the  place  of  holding  the  same,  it  was  voted, 
that  said  Lodge  in  future  be  held  two  years  in  Watertown,  and 
one  year  in  Plymouth,  and  so  on  successively,  during  the  pleas- 
ure of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

A  memorial  from  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42,  was  read,  setting 
forth  the  inconvenience  they  experienced  in  holding  their  meet- 
ings alternately  at  Waterbury  and  Salem,  as  provided  by  their 
charter  ;  stating  also  that  they  had  agreed  upon  a  committee, 
consisting  of  the  Masters  of  several  adjacent  Lodges,  to  view 
the  situation  of  those  two  localities,  and  decide  at  which  one 
said  Lodge  should  be  permanently  established.  Whereupon,  it 
was  resolved,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  will  hear  the  report  of  said 
committee  at  the  next  Grand  Communication,  and  then  deter- 
mine what  location  Harmony  Lodge  may  adopt. 

On  the  subject  of  uniformity  in  work  and  lectm^es,  the  follow- 
ing preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Whereas,  a  correct  and  uniform  mode  of  working  and  lecturing  is  of  vital  im- 
portance to  the  interests  of  Masonry ;  and,  whereas,  a  great  want  of  uniformity 
exists  in  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State : 

Resolved,  That  Bro.  Jeremy  L.  Cross  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  as  Grand 
Lecturer,  to  visit  the  several  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction,  and  instruct  them  in  the 
correct  mode  of  working  and  lecturing  ;  and  that  each  subordinate  Lodge  be  re- 
quired to  pay  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Grand  Lodge  the  sum  of  ten  dollars,  at  or 
before  the  next  Grand  Communication,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  the  expense 
of  such  visitation. 

Resolved,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  of  each  Lodge  to  give  the 
Grand  Lecturer  a  certificate  of  the  number  of  days  spent  with  them  in  lecturing, 
and  such  smn,  not  exceeding  four  dollars  per  day,  as  each  Lodge  may  pay  said 


294  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^J, 

Grand  Lecturer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  shall  be  considered  as  part  of  said 
sum  of  ten  dollars. 

Resolved,  That  each  Lodge  shall  pay  Bro.  Cross'  expenses,  when  actuallj^  em- 
ployed by  such  Lodge  in  giving  lectures  and  instructions ;  and  no  Lodge  shall  be 
bound  to  pay  said  sum  of  ten  dollars,  unless  they  first  have  had  the  benefit  of 
said  lectures  at  least  two  and  a  half  days. 

Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the"  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  not  to 
employ  any  person  to  lecture  with  them,  but  such  as  shall  be  approved  and  ap- 
pointed by  this  Grand  Lodge. 

On  the  written  representation  of  the  officers  and  members  of 
Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49,  Eidgefield,  stating  that  Bro.  Daniel 
Bouton,  a  worthy  member  of  said  Lodge,  from  his  advanced 
age,  misfortunes,  and  bodily  infirmities,  had  become  incapable 
of  supporting  himself,  and  that  they,  as  a  Lodge  and  as  indi- 
viduals, had  conttfbuted  largely  to  his  relief,  it  was  ordered, 
that  twenty-five  dollars  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  Bro.  James  Stevens,  to  be  used  at  his 
discretion,  for  the  relief  of  Bro.  Bouton. 

Brs.  Champion,  Mix  and  Whitman  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  ascertain  what  sum  ought  to  be  paid  by  the  G-rand 
Lodge,  for  the  use  of  the  Lodge  Koom  in  Hartford,  and  report 
at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

After  solemn  prayer,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  ad- 
journed to  Grand  Lodge  in  course, 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1818.]  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  295 


OCTOBER  SESSION,  1818. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  14th 
day  of  Odober,  A.  D.  1818,  and  of  Mafonry  5818  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  OLIVER  WOLCOTT,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

THOMAS  K.  BRACE,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretaiy. 

ENOCH  FOOT,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

LEMUEL  WHITMAN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Bev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  : 

Ralph  I.  IngersoU,  M.,  James  Carrington,  S.  W.,  John  Hunt, 
2d,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Enoch  Foot,  proxy  M.,  Moses  K.  Bottsford,  S.  W.,  St.  John's, 
No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Thomas  K.  Brace,  M.,  Horatio  G.  Hale,  proxy  S.  W.,  Chas. 
Babcock,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

James  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Benjamin  Isaacs,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathaniel  Perry,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Ashbel  Baldwin  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

Amos  Dutton,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford, 

Samuel  A.  Peters,  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Phineas  Lord,  proxy  M.,  Timothy  CoUins,  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's, 
No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Sheldon  Curtis,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


296  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  George  Norton,  J.  W.,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Harris,  M.,  Moriali,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Isaac  B.  Castle,  jDroxy  M.,  Fedei-al,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Menzies  Eayner,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Kichard  Wilcox,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Gerardus  Booth,  M.,  Ezra  Noble,  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21, 
New  Milford. 

Archibald  A.  Perkins,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Erastus  Smith,  M.,  St.  James,  No.  23,  Preston. 

Eliphalet  Young,  proxy  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

Henry  Dayton,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

Jesse  Bigelow,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  East  Had- 
dam. 

Warren  E,  Fowler,  proxy  M.,  Eising  Sun,  No.  27,  AVashing- 
ton. 

Henry  Kilbourn,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Norman  Bidwell,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jacob  Whiting,  M.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M,  Thomas  H.  Gushing,  S.  W.,  John  Smith, 
J.  W.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Martin  Cook,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

James  Cushman  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Wm.  C.  Abernathy  M.,  Eoswell  Alford,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No. 
35,  Harwinton. 

Joshua  E.  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Amos  Seward,  M.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Nathan  J.  Bennett,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Wm.  Cook,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Silas  Judd,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Joshua  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Peter  Comstock,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 


1818.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  297 

Abel  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Samuel  Wire,  J.  W.,  Morning  Star, 

No.  47,  Oxford. 

Abel  Beacb,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Joshua  King,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Kidgefield. 

Simon  House,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

William  Lynde,  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Amos  Williams,  proxy  M.,  Daniel  Packer,  proxy  S.  W., 
George  Hubbard,  proxy  J.  W.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  53,  North 
Stonington. 

Oliver  Kellogg,  proxy  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Adna  Beach,  Jr.,  proxy  M.,  Seneca,  No.  55,  Torrington. 

Forty-nine  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FOKM. 

After  veiy  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry. The  business  before  the  Grand  Lodge  was  ordered  to  be 
brought  forward. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication 
to  examine  the  Master  elect  of  a  new  Lodge  that  was  then 
granted  to  be  established  in  the  town  of  Bristol,  reported  that 
they  had  made  the  examination,  and  found  him  to  be  well 
quahfied  ;  whereupon,  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  issued  to  those 
petitioners,  forming  them  into  a  just  and  regular  Lodge,  to  be 
holden  in  said  town  of  Bristol,  that  our  Worshipful  Bro.  George 
Mitchel  be  first  Master,  and  the  Wardens  confirmed  in  their  re- 
spective appointments,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  petition- 
ers— the  Lodge  to  be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of 
"Franklin  Lodge,  No.  56." 

The  j)etition  from  the  brethren  residing  in  the  borough  of 
Stonington,  which  was  presented  at  the  Grand  Communication 
in  May  last,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  borough,  and  continued  to  this  time,  was  again  introduced 
and  read.  After  some  discussion,  and  on  motion,  it  was  again 
continued. 

On  the  petition  and  representation  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No. 

38 


298  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [Oct. 

42,  Waterbury,  presented  at  the  Grand  Communication  in  May 
last,  stating  the  many  and  great  inconveniences  they  experience 
in  alternating  the  place  of  holding  said  Lodge  ;  and  further 
stating  that  they  had  agreed  on  a  committee  composed  of  the 
Masters  of  several  adjacent  Lodges,  to  view  their  local  situation, 
and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  what  place,  in  their  opinion, 
said  Lodge  ought  to  be  permanently  established  ;  the  report  of 
which  committee  was  introduced,  read,  accepted  and  approved. 
Whereupon,  it  was  resolved,  that  Harmony  liodge,  No.  42,  be 
held  in  future  at  or  near  the  center  of  the  parish  of  Salem,  in 
said  town  of  Waterbury,  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  ;  anything  variant  or  to  the  contrary  in  their  charter 
notwithstanding. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  sundry  penalties  had  been 
incurred  by  different  Lodges,  for  non-attendance  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication,  and  for  not  making  returns.  The  rea- 
sons for  those  omissions  having  been  severally  stated,  the  pen- 
alties were  all  remitted. 

Sundry  communications  were  introduced  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master,  which  he  had  received,  on  the  subject  of  raising  funds 
from  the  several  Lodges  in  this  and  other  States,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  aiding  the  Foreign  Bible  Society  in  the  translation  and 
distribution  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  heathen  countries — all  of 
which  were  read.  Several  brethren  made  remarks  thereon,  who 
strongly  felt  the  importance  and  utility  of  such  a  measure,  but 
considered  the  plan,  in  all  its  parts  and  bearings,  not  sufficiently 
matured  to  go  into  operation  at  this  time  ;  whereupon,  on  mo- 
tion, further  consideration  was  postponed. 

Application  was  made  by  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  for  per- 
mission to  hold  said  Lodge  either  in  the  town  of  Granby,  or  in 
the  town  of  Simsbury,  as  said  Lodge  shall  by  their  vote  direct ; 
which  application  was  negatived. 

The  petition  of  Bro.  Samuel  Bailey,  a  member  of  Somerset 
Lodge,  No.  34,  Norwich,  was  introduced  and  read,  in  which  it 
is  stated  that  he  has  two  daughters,  born  deaf  and  dumb,  who 
are  now  at  the  Asylum  in  Hartford  ;  that  his  pecuniary  means 
are  small,  but  by  the  assistance  of  friends  and  his  own  exertions 


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[1818.  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  299 

he  liad  been  enabled  to  keep  and  support  them  at  that  school 
of  instruction  for  about  one  j^ear  ;  that  his  funds  are  now  nearly- 
exhausted  ;  that  he  wishes  and  is  advised  by  friends  to  continue 
them  there  longer  if  possible,  but  his  means  are  wholly  inade- 
quate ;  whereupon,  he  j)rays  Grand  Lodge  to  extend  to  him  the 
charitable  hand  of  assistance.  After  very  few  remarks,  it  was 
ordered,  that  one  hundred  dollars  be  paid  from  the  funds  of  this 
Lodge  to  Bro.  Bailey,  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  mentioned  in 
his  said  petition. 

The  Grand  Lodge  granted,  on  the  petition  of  John  C.  Fair- 
child,  an  aged  and  indigent  brother,  member  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  8,  Stratford,  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  to  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Eev.  Bro.  Ashbel  Baldwin,  and  at  his  discretion  ex- 
pended for  the  petitioner's  benefit. 

After  solemn  prayer,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  ad- 
journed to  Grand  Lodge  in  course. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


300  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


MAY  SESSION,  1819. 

At  a  half-yearly  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut,  holden  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on  Wednefday,  the  19th 
day  of  May,  A.  D.  1819,  and  of  Mafonry,  5819: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  OLIVER  WOLCOTT,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JAMES  WARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

JAMES  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 

HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 

THOMAS  K.  BRACE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Rev.Br.MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 


MEMBERS  PRESENT  .* 

James  Carrington,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Cooper,  M.,  Epaphras  Clark,  proxy  S.  W.,  Horace 
Clark,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

James  M.  Goodwin,  M.,  Nathan  Morgan,  S.  W.,  Elizur 
Goodrich,  Jr.,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Isaac  Lockwood,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Benjamin  Isaacs,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  6,  Norwalk. 

Nathan  Preston,  proxy  S.  W.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Caleb  Cook,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford, 

Newall  Tainter,  S.  W.,  David  F.  Wilds,  proxy  J.  W.,  Woos- 
ter,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

Phineas  Lord,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

James  Smith,  proxy  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 


1819.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  301 

Wm.  M.  Burwell,  proxy  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  FaiTaington. 

Daniel  Frost,  Jr.,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Stephen  Jarvis,  S.  W.,  Temple,  No.  16, 
Cheshire. 

Kansom  Blakesley,  J.  W.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Eli  L.  Hawley,  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Eeuben  North,  S.  W.,  Chauncey  Ship- 
man,  J.  W.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Eli  Todd,  proxy  M.,  Philo  S.  Hicox,  proxy  S.  W.,  William 
Prime,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Eeuben  Judd,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

James  Cook,  proxy  M.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Edmund  Freeman,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield. 

George  Merrick,  proxy  M.,  Oliver  Brainard,  proxy  S.  W., 
Henry  Dayton,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

William  Cook,  M.,  Chevers  Brainard,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia, 
No.  26,  East  Haddam. 

Samuel  Leavit,  proxy  M.,  Kising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Daniel  Hayden,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor. 

Jared  Mills,  proxy  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  New  Hartford. 

Jacob  Whiting,  M.,  Day  spring.  No.  30,  Hamden. 

LjTiian  Law,  M.,  Thomas  H.  Cushing,  S.  W.,  George  H. 
Eichards,  proxy  J.  W.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Judah  Eldred,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

James  Cushman,  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Joshua  E.  Jewett,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Nathaniel  Stevens,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Jeremiah  Parmelee,  S.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Hezekiah  Eeed,  proxy  S.  W.,  Billy  Comstock,  Jr.,  J.  W., 
Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Zalmon  Wildman,  proxy  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  40,  Danbury. 

William  Meeker,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

Lemuel  Harrison,  proxy  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Amaziah  Bray,  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Gurdon  Tracy,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham, 


302  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Samuel  B.  Mather,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  M.,  Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford. 

Philo  Mills,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Samuel  Simons,  M.,  Jasper  Fitch,  S.  W.,  Aaron  D.  Tarbox, 
proxy  J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Benjamin  Hurd,  M.,  Ebenezer  Force,  J.  W.,  Warren  No.  51, 
Chatham. 

Samuel  F.  Denison,  M.,  Amos  Williams,  S.  W.,  Geo.  Hub- 
bard, J.  W.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  63,  North  Stonington. 

Oliver  Kellogg,  M,,  Ansel  Sterling,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hamilton, 
No.  54,  Sharon. 

Luman  Wakefield,  M.,  Seneca,  No.  55,  Torrington. 

Philip  Gaylord,  M.,  Franklin,  No.  56,  Bristol. 

Fifty  Lodges  represented. 

IN  AMPLE  FORM. 

The  G-rand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree,  with  an 
impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain. 

Right  Worshipful  Bro,  James  Ward,  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
manifested  a  desire  not  to  be  considered  as  a  candidate  for  ap- 
pointment to  any  office  in  this  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  same  time 
expressed  the  high  sense  of  gratitude  with  which  he  was  im- 
pressed by  the  confidence  Grand  Lodge  had  placed  in  him,  and 
for  the  several  offices  to  which  he  had  been  appointed'therein. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  when  ballots  were  collected,  and 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  declared  duly  elected  to  the  seve- 
ral offices  affixed  to  ther  names,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Oliver  Wolcott,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Lyman  Law,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Thomas  H.  Cushing,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  John  Mix,  Grand  Secretary. 


1819.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  303 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz : 

Br.  Guy  Bigelow,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Br.  Thomas  K.  Brace,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Menzies  Rayner^  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  petition  of  the  brethren  residing  in  and  near  the  borough 
of  Stonington,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  at 
that  place,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication, was  introduced  and  read,  with  the  documents  accom- 
panying it.  After  sundry  remarks,  it  was  ordered,  that  a  char- 
ter be  granted,  forming  those  petitioners  into  a  just  and  regular 
Lodge,  to  be  holden  within  the  said  borough,  and  that  our 
Worshipful  Bro.  William  Robinson  be  first  Master,  and  the 
Wardens  confirmed  in  their  respective  appointments,  agreeably 
to  the  prayer  of  said  petitioners  ;  the  Lodge  to  be  known  and 
designated  by  the  name  of  "Asylum  Lodge,  No.  57." 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  sundry  penalties  had  been 
incurred  by  omissions  at  the  last  Grand  Communication.  The 
reasons  for  those  omissions  having  been  severally  stated,  the 
penalties  were  all  remitted. 

A  petition  from  Village  Lodge,  No.  29,  praying  for  permis- 
sion to  move  the  same  from  the  town  of  New  Hartford,  where 
it  is  now  established,  into  the  town  of  Canton,  was  presented 
and  read.  After  some  discussion,  and  on  motion,  resolved,  that 
the  petition  be  granted,  and  that  said  Lodge  in  future  be  holden 
at  the  village  of  Canton,  during  the  pleasure  of  Grand  Lodge. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  the  brethren  in  Suflfield,  pray- 
ing for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town  ;  after 
having  been  read,  and  on  motion,  it  was  continued  to  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

A  petition  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  the  town 
of  Barkhamsted,  signed  by  the  brethren  residing  in  that  and 
sundry  adjacent  towns,  was  presented  and  read,  and  on  motion, 
continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  Grand  Communication  in 
May  last,  to  ascertain  what  ought  to  be  paid  by  Grand  Lodge 


304  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

for  the  use  of  Masonic  Hall  in  the  city  of  Hartford,  reported, 
that  in  their  opinion,  twenty-five  dollars  for  each  time  Grand 
Lodge  assembled  there,  would  be  ample  compensation  to  the 
proprietors,  and  recommended  the  payment  of  that  sum  accord- 
ingly ;  which  report  was  accejjted  and  approved,  and  the  Grand 
Treasurer  directed  to  pay  the  Treasurer  of  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  4,  Hartford,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  from  the  funds 
of  this  Grand  Lodge  for  each  time  their  Communications  shall 
be  holden  at  said  hall,  until  Grand  Lodge  shall  otherwise  direct. 
On  the  subject  of  changing  the  regular  communications  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  from  semi-annual  to  annual,  the  following  resolu- 
tions were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  in  future  there  shall  be  but  one  communication  of  this  Grand 
Lodge  in  a  year,  viz  :  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  Ma}',  annually,  alternately  at 
the  cities  of  Hartford  and  New  Haven,  at  which  time  the  officers  of  Grand  Lodge 
shall  be  chosen ;  and  that  the  next  annual  communication  be  holden  at  the  city 
of  New  Haven,  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  May,  A.  L.  5820,  anything  contained 
in  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge  to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing. Provided,  however,  that  nothing  is  to  be  understood  hereby  which 
takes  away  the  power  from  the  Grand  Master,  or  officer  executing  his  duties,  of 
calling  a  special  Grand  Lodge,  at  any  time  and  place,  whenever  he  may  consider 
it  necessary  an<l  expedient. 

Be  it  further  resolved.  That  whenever  the  words  half-yearly  or  semi-annually 
occur  in  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  the  same  shall  be 
expunged,  so  that  it  will  read  Annual  Communication. 

Brs.  Laban  Smith  and  Ealph  I.  IngersoU  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary,  and  report  to  the  Grand  Communication  at 
New  Haven,  in  May,  A.  L.  5820. 

Brs,  Cushing  and  Watrous  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
liquidate  the  accounts  of  Bro.  Jeremy  L.  Cross,  as  Grand  Lec- 
turer, with  power  to  draw  on  the  Grand  Treasurer  for  such  bal- 
ance as  they  find  due  to  him  for  his  services. 

After  solemn  prayer  by  our  Worshipful  and  Eev.  Bro.  Burhans, 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  and  adjourned  to  the  next  annual 
Grand  Communication  at  New  Haven,  in  May,  A.  L.  5820. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 


1820.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  305 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1820. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfhipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  their  Lodge  Room  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1820,  and  of 
Mafonry  5820  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  OLIVER  WOLCOTT,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  LYMAN  LAW,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  THOMAS  H.  GUSHING,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
JOHN  MIX,  Grand  Secretary. 
GUY  BIGELOW,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JEREMY  L.  CROSS,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 
DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 

MEMBERS    PRESENT : 

James  Carrington,  M.,  Ebenezer  Collins,  S.  W.,  William  H. 
Jones,  J.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Samuel  Cooper,  M.,  Joseph  Hubbard,  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No. 
2,  Middletown. 

Richard  Hyde,  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield. 

Henry  L.  Ellsworth,  proxy  M.,  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jun.,  proxy 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Simeon  H.  Miner.,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No.  5,  Greenwich. 

Benjamin  Isaacs,  M.,  Moses  Gregory,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No. 
6,  Norwalk. 

Charles  B.  Phelps,  M.,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Woodbury. 

Samuel  Peck,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  8,  Stratford. 

John  Barker,  M.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

39 


306  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Guy  Bigelow,  M.,  Jolm  R.  Watrous,  S.  W.,  Wooster,  No. 
10,  Colchester. 

David  Marsh,  M.,  St.  Paul's,  No.  11,  Litchfield. 

Pearl  Crafts,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derhy. 

Samuel  Church,  M.,  Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salisbury. 

Lemuel  Whitman,  M.,  George  Norton,  J.  W.,  Frederick, 
No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Harris,  M.,  Moriah,  No.  15,  Canterbury. 

Charles  Shelton,  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Aner  Bradley,  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Daniel  Blackman,  M.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Abiel  K.  Botsford,  M.,  Gideon  Beardsley,  J.  W.,  Washing- 
ton, No.  19,  Huntington. 

Luther  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

Daniel  Pickel,  S.  W.,  St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford. 

Stephen  Wooding,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Norman  Brigham,  proxy  M.,  Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield, 

Ezra  Dayton,  M.,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

William  Palmer,  proxy  J.  W.,  Columbia,  No.  26,  EastHad- 
dam. 

Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

Epaphras  L.  Phelps,  proxy  M.,  Morning  Star,  No,  28,  East 
Windsor. 

Benjamin  Weed,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton. 

Jesse  Tuttle,  M.,  Jacob  Whiting,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Thomas  H.  Gushing,  S.  W.,  Union,  No.  31, 
New  London. 

John  E.  Benjamin,  M.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

James  Cushman,  proxy  M.,  Somerset,  No.  34,  Norwich. 

Wm.  C.  Abernathy  M.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joel  Holcomb,  M.,  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Granby. 

Jedediah  Lathrop,  M.,  Ebenezer  Hopson,  proxy  S.  W.,  St. 
Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Isaac  Cooley,  M.,  Ark,  No.  39,  Weston. 

Noah  Lacey,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  41,  Brookfield. 

John  D.  Wooster,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 


1820.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  307 

Amaziah  Bray  M.,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Killingworth. 

Luther  D.  Leach  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

Ebenezer  Brockway,  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyme. 

Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  M.,  Thomas  Hubbard,  J.  W.,  Put- 
nam, No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  M.,  Lyman  Riggs,  S.  W.,  Morning  Star,  No. 
47,  Oxford. 

Philo  Mills,  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Elijah  Hawley,  proxy  M.,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  Eidgefield. 

Leonard  Hendee,  M.,  Frederick  Rose,  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50, 
Andover. 

Jesse  Hurd,  Jun.,  proxy  M.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

Samuel  Ingham,  proxy  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Gilbert  Billings,  proxy  M.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  53,  North 
Stonington. 

Ansel  Sterling,  M.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Josiah  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Seneca,  No.  55,  Torrington. 

George  Mitchell,  M.,  Franklin,  No.  56,  Bristol. 

George  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Asylum,  No.  57,  Stonington. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  jDrayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masomy,  by  the  R.  W.  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  when  a  committee  was  appointed  to  wait  upon 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  and  inform  him  that  the  G.  Lodge 
was  opened  in  due  and  ample  form,  and  awaited  his  pleasure. 
The  Grand  Master  then  entered,  and  was  received  with  public 
grand  honors. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  being  seated  in  the  East,  the  busi- 
ness of  the  Grand  Lodge  was  commenced,  the  first  in  order  be- 
ing the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  year  ensuing.  After 
the  ballots  were  taken  and  counted,  the  brethren  hereinafter 
named  were  declared  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed 
to  their  names,  viz  : 


308  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

M,  W.  Oliver  Wolcott,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Lyman  Law,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Thomas  H.  Gushing,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Ealph  I,  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

".  Thomas  K.  Brace,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of 
Barkhamsted,  Hartland  and  New  Hartford,  praying  for  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  new  Lodge,  which  was  continued  from  the  last 
Grand  Comnumication,  was  read,  with  the  accompanying  docu- 
ments ;  when  it  was  ordered,  that  a  charter  be  granted,  forming 
the  petitioners  into  a  just  and  regular  Lodge,  by  the  name  and 
designation  of  "  Northern  Star  Lodge,  No.  58,"  to  be  holden  in 
the  town  of  Barkhamsted,  agreeably  to  the  prayer  of  said  peti- 
tion. 

The  petition  of  the  brethren  residing  in  and  near  the  town 
of  Sufltield,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  place,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication, was  called  up  and  read,  with  the  accompanying  docu- 
ments. On  motion  duly  made,  seconded  and  discussed,  it  was 
voted,  that  a  charter  be  granted,  forming  said  petitioners  into  a 
just  and  regular  Lodge,  to  be  held  in  said  town  of  Suffield,  to 
be  known  and  designated  by  the  name  of  "  Apollo  Lodge,  No. 
59,"  agreeably  with  the  prayer  of  said  j^etition. 

The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Grand  Secretary,  was  submitted,  read,  approved 
and  accepted. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  several  Lodges  had  failed 
to  pay  the  expenses  incurred  by  the  visits  of  the  Grand  Lec- 
turer ;  which  report  was  continued,  and  the  Grand  Secretary 
directed  to  write  to  the  Masters  of  those  Lodges,  and  urge  them 
to  make  payment. 


1820.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  309 

The  Grand  Secretary  also  reported  that  several  Lodges  were 
not  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication  ;  the  causes 
for  which  having  been  severally  stated  by  the  present  represent- 
atives, the  penalties  were  remitted. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  several  brethren  residing  in 
the  towns  of  Goshen  and  Cornwall,  praying  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Lodge  in  Goshen  ;  which  was  read  and  continued  to 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  appeal  of  Bro,  Horatio  G.  Hale,  from  the  decision  of 
St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4,  Hartford,  by  which  he  was  expelled, 
was  presented  and  read  ;  whereupon,  a  committee  was  appoint- 
ed, consisting  of  Brs.  John  E.  Watrous,  Laban  Smith,  and 
Thomas  Hubbard,  to  whom  the  petition  was  referred,  with  in- 
structions to  examine  the  facts  and  evidence  which  may  be  dis- 
closed to  them,  and  report  at  the  next  Annual  Grand  Commu- 
nication. 

A  petition  for  a  new  Lodge  in  Stafford,  signed  by  the  brethren 
residing  in  that  town,  was  presented,  read,  and  continued  to  the 
next  Grand  Communication. 

A  petition  was  presented  in  behalf  of  Bro.  Samuel  White,  a 
member  of  Putnam  Lodge,  No.  46,  Pomfret,  praying  for  char- 
itable relief,  on  account  of  sickness  and  unavoidable  misfortune. 
The  petition  having  been  read,  and  the  facts  set  forth  therein 
properly  avouched  for,  it  was  on  motion  voted  that  the  Grand 
Treasurer  be  directed  to  jjay  twenty  dollars  from  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  Bro.  Thomas 
Hubbard,  for  the  benefit  of  said  petitioner. 

The  petition  of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  26,  for  liberty  to  hold 
their  communications  alternately  in  the  towns  of  Haddam  and 
East  Haddam,  was  presented  and  read  ;  whereupon,  it  was  on 
motion,  after  discussion,  voted,  that  the  prayer  of  the  petition 
be  granted. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  be 
paid  from  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  relief  of  Bro. 
Thomas  Powers,  a  member  of  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  No.  38,  Guil- 
ford, said  brother  being  represented  as  being  in  distress  ;  and 
that  Bro.  Jedediah  Lathrop  take  charge  of  said  donation,  and 


310  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

expend  it  at  his  discretion  for  the  benefit  and  comfort  of  said 
Bro.  Powers. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  a  Grand  Lecturer  be  appointed, 
subject  to  the  direction  of  the  Grand  Officers. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  then  appointed  Bro.  Jeremy  L. 
Cross,  Grand  Lecturer. 

The  following  resolution  was  presented,  accompanied  with  a 
neat  copy  of  the  work  to  which  it  alludes.  The  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  approve  of  the  "  Masonic  Chart,  or  Hiero- 
gl3'phic  Monitor,"  published  by  Bro.  Jeremy  L.  Cross,  and  recommend  it  for  use 
as  a  text  book  in  all  the  Lodges  working  under  this  jurisdiction. 

On  motion,  it  was  ordered,  that  hereafter  the  Grand  Secre- 
tary publish  the  proceedings  of  each  communication  of  Grand 
Lodge  in  pamphlet  form,  and  that  an  abstract  of  the  returns  of 
the  subordinate  Lodges  accompany  the  same. 

After  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain, 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed,  and  adjourned  to  the  next  Annual 
Grand  Communication  at  Hartford,  in  May,  1821. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


1821,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  311 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1821. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  9th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1821,  and  of 
Mafonry  5821  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

R.  W.  LYMAN  LAW,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  THOMAS  H.  GUSHING,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
W.  RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
HENRY  CHAMPION,  Grand  Treasurer. 
Vv^ILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
ELIZUR  GOODRICH,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
JEREMY  L.  CROSS,  Grand  Lecturer. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT. 

James  Carrington,  M.,  Laban  Smith,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hiram, 
No.  1,  New  Haven. 

Lyman  Wells,  J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  2,  Middletown. 

Wilson  Hawley,  proxy  M.,  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Fairfield, 

Elizur  Goodrich,  M.,  Charles  Sheldon,  S.  W.,  S.  G.  Goodrich, 
J.  W.,  St.  John's,  No.  4,  Hartford. 

Charles  Hawley,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No,  5,  Greenwich. 

Moses  Gregory,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  John's,  No,  6,  Norwalk, 

Nathan  Preston,  proxy  S.  W,,  King  Solomon's,  No.  7,  Wood- 
bury. 

Robert  Fairchild,  proxy  M,,  St,  John's,  No,  8,  Stratford, 

Lyman  Cannon,  S.  W.,  Compass,  No.  9,  Wallingford. 

Ezekiel  W,  Parsons,  proxy  M.,  Wooster,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

David  Marsh,  M.,  Phineas  B.  Taylor,  proxy  S.  W.,  St.  Paul's, 
No.  11,  Litchfield. 


312  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Jeremiah  French,  M.,  King  Hiram,  No.  12,  Derby. 

John  Mix,  M.,  Frederick,  No.  14,  Farmington. 

Andrew  Harris,  M.,  Luther  Spaulding,  proxy  S.  W.,  Moriah, 
No.  15,  Canterbury, 

Emanuel  Moss,  proxy  M.,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire. 

Aner  Bradley,  proxy  M.,  Federal,  No.  17,  Watertown. 

Zachariah  Clark,  S.  W.,  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown. 

Menzies  Rayner,  proxy  M.,  Washington,  No.  19,  Hunt- 
ington. 

Moses  W.  Beckley,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  20,  Berlin. 

John  Darling,  M.,  Hart's,  No.  22,  Woodbridge. 

Jesse  Starkweather,  M.,  Avery  Downer,  proxy  S.  W.,  Henry 
Brown,  proxy  J.  W.,  St.  James',  No.  23,  Preston. 

Heman  Storrs,  proxy  M.,  Hiram  Rider,  S.  W.,  Uriel,  No.  24, 
Mansfield. 

George  Merrick,  M.,  Marvin  Dayton,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Columbia, 
No.  25,  Glastenbury. 

Richard  Lord,  proxy  M.,  Columbia,  No,  26,  East  Haddam. 

Curtis  Hickox,  proxy  M.,  Rising  Sun,  No.  27,  Washington. 

James  Cumming,  M.,  Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor, 

Norman  Bid  well,  M.,  Village,  No.  29,  Canton. 

Isaac  Newell,  S.  W.,  Dayspring,  No.  30,  Hamden. 

Lyman  Law,  M.,  Union,  No.  31,  New  London. 

Asahel  Widge,  proxy  M.,  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren. 

John  E.  Benjamin,  S.  W.,  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington. 

William  Belcher,  M.,  William  P.  Eaton,  S.  W.,  Somerset, 
No.  34,  Norwich. 

William  C.  Abernathy,  S.  W.,  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton. 

Joshua  R.  Jewett,  M,,  St,  Mark's,  No,  36,  Granby. 

Earl  P.  Pease,  proxy  M.,  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Norfolk. 

Calvin  Frisbie,  J.  W.,  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford. 

Seth  Wheeler,  proxy  M.,  Ark,  No,  39,  Weston, 

Daniel  T.  Barnum,  proxy  M.,  Union,  No,  40,  Danbury, 

Heman  Burch,  proxy  M,,  Federal,  No,  41,  Brookfield. 

Elias  Ford,  M.,  Harmony,  No.  42,  Waterbury. 

Luther  D.  Leach,  M.,  Eastern  Star,  No.  44,  Windham. 

John  C.  Ely,  proxy  M.,  Pythagoras,  No.  45,  Lyma 


1821,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  313 

Thomas  Hubbard,  proxy  M.,  Darius  Mathewson,  proxy  J.  W., 
Putnam,  No.  46,  Pomfret. 

Abel  Wheeler,  j)roxy  M.,  Mornmg  Star,  No.  47,  Oxford, 

Russel  Millard,  proxy  M.,  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent. 

Leonard  Hendee,  M.,  Elisha  Perkins,  S.  W.,  John  Graves, 
J.  W.,  Warren,  No.  50,  Andover. 

Ira  Lee,  proxy  S.  W.,  Warren,  No.  51,  Chatham. 

Samuel  Ingham,  M.,  Mount  Olive,  No.  52,  Saybrook. 

Benjamin  Pomeroy,  proxy  M.,  Widow's  Son,  No.  53,  North 
Stonington. 

Ansel  Sterling,  proxy  S.  W.,  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon. 

Hosea  Hinsdale,  proxy  M.,  James  M.  Boyd,  proxy  S.  W., 
George  0.  Jarvis,  J.  W.,  Seneca,  No.  55,  Torrington. 

Philip  Gaylord,  M.,  Franklin,  No.  56,  Bristol. 

Amos  Beecher,  M.,  Alvin  Squires,  S.  W.,  Drayton  Jones,  J. 
W.,  Northern  Star,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted. 

Samuel  Smith,  proxy  M.,  Apollo,  No.  59,  West  Suffield. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  very  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry by  the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master, 

The  following  communication  from  the  M.  W,  Grand  Master 
was  then  presented,  and  read  by  the  Grand  Secretary  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  : 

Brethren, — The  state  of  my  health,  and  my  numerous  avocations,  render  it 
proper,  in  my  opinion,  that  I  should  resign  the  station  of  Grand  Master,  in  which 
I  have  been  placed  by  your  suffrages.  I  have,  therefore,  respectfully  to  request, 
that  at  the  ensuing  election  I  may  not  be  considered  as  a  candidate,  and  that  you 
would  accept  my  thanks  for  the  honor  which  you  have  conferred  on  me,  and  my 
most  sincere  wishes  for  the  advancement  and  prosperity  of  Masonry. 

With  perfect  respect  and  attachment,  I  remain  your  affectionate  brother, 

OLIVER  WOLCOTT. 
Hartford,  May  9th,  5821. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hei-eafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 

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314  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Lyman  Law,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Thomas  H.  Gushing,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

W.  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Br.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer. 

Br.  William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

Br.  Thomas  K.  Brace,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  James  Carrington,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Br.  Jeremy  L.  Cross,  Grand  Lecturer. 

Br.  Darius  Higgins,  Grand  Tyler. 
Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  petition  of  the  brethren  residing  in  the  towns  of  Cornwall 
and  Goshen,  praying  for  the  erection  of  a  new  Lodge  in  Goshen, 
continued  from  the  last  annual  communication,  was  read  and 
granted  ;  the  Lodge  to  be  called  "  Olive  Branch,  No,  61." 

The  following  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  examine 
the  facts  and  evidence  in  the  case  of  Horatio  G.  Hale,  on  his 
appeal  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  last  Annual  Grand 
Communication,  was  then  read,  accepted  and  approved  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

The  undersigned,  being  appointed  by  said  Grand  Lodge,  at  their  session  in 
May  last,  a  committee  to  hear  the  case  of  an  appeal  of  Bro.  Horatio  G.  Hale,  on 
a  sentence  of  expulsion  from  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4,  Hartford,  with  directions 
to  examine  the  facts  and  evidence  which  might  be  disclosed  to  us,  and  report 
thereon  at  the  present  Communication,  beg  leave  to  report — 

That  we  have  attended  to  the  business  of  our  appointment,  after  notifying  said 
St.  John's  Lodge,  and  said  Hale.  We  met  at  Masonic  Hall  in  said  Hartford,  on 
ihe  8th  day  of  May  instant,  and  proceeded  to  hear  the  parties.  Said  St.  John's 
Lodge  appeared  by  their  committee,  and  said  Hale  with  his  counsel. 

After  a  full  hearing  on  the  subject,  we  find  that  Lemira  Roberts  was,  in  the 
month  of  June,  1819,  delivered  of  a  bastard  child,  which  she  afterwards  made 
oath,  was  begotten  by  said  Hale ;  and  that  a  prosecution  was  instituted  against 
said  Hale  by  the  father  of  said  Lemira  Roberts,  for  seduction,  in  which  said  Hale 
was  defaulted,  and  damages  were  adjudged  against  him. 

After  said  prosecution,  said  Hale  requested  an  investigation  by  said  St.  John's 
Lodge  into  his  conduct  in  said  case.  A  committee  of  eleven  members  to  investi- 
gate the  subject,  also  a  committee  to  prefer  charges,  and  likewise  anotlier  com- 
mittee as  his  counsel,  were  all  appointed  bj'  said  Lodge. 


1821.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  315 

The  committee  appointed  to  prefer  charges  against  said  Hale,  accused  him  of 
a  breach  of  Masonic  engagement. 

The  committee  of  investigation,  after  full  hearing  of  the  case,  reported  unani- 
mousl}^  that  said  Hale  was  not  guilty  of  the  charges  alleged  against  him ;  which 
report  was  not  accepted,  and  sentence  of  expulsion  was,  by  said  St.  John's  Lodge, 
passed  against  said  Hale. 

It  appears  to  your  committee,  that  said  Lodge  proceeded  correctly  on  the  evi- 
dence that  was  before  them,  and  that  said  committee  of  investigation  reported 
correctly,  as  evidence  was  produced  before  said  committee,  under  an  injunction 
of  secresy,  of  which  evidence,  said  St.  John's  Lodge  did  not,  and  from  the  nature 
of  things  could  not  have  the  advantage. 

Your  committee  further  find  from  the  mass  of  evidence  produced  before  them, 
that  the  character  of  said  Lemira  Roberts  was  far  from  being  respectable,  and 
her  conduct  at  times  very  indiscreet.  The  character  of  said  Hale  was  not  called 
in  question,  except  in  this  instance,  but  was  admitted  to  be  good.  It  appears 
that  he  has  uniformly  denied  the  charge  alleged  against  him. 

After  patient  investigation  and  full  hearing  on  the  subject,  it  appears  to  your 
committee  that  there  is  not  sufficient  evidence  against  said  Hale  to  justify  his 
expulsion  from  said  St.  John's  Lodge ;  and  that  he  ought  to  be  restored  to  his 
former  good  standing  in  said  Lodge. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  ) 

LABAN  SMITH,  }  Committee. 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,^ 

Dated  at  Hartford,  May  9,  A.  L.  5821. 


The  petition  of  the  brethren  residing  in  the  town  of  Stafford, 
praying  for  the  erection  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  petition 
was  continued  from  the  last  Annual  Grand  Communication,  was 
read  and  granted  ;  the  Lodge  to  be  called  "  Wolcott,  No.  60." 

On  motion,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  shares  in  the  stock  of  the  Hartford  Bank  belonging  to  this 
Grand  Lodge,  and  now  held  in  the  name  of  R.  W.  Bro,  John  Mix,  be  transferred 
to  the  name  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Henry  Champion,  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  that  all  other 
funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  now  in  the  hands  of  R.  W.  Bro.  John  Mix,  be  vested  in 
the  hands  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Henry  Champion. 

The  petition  of  the  brethren  of  Seneca  Lodge,  to  remove  to 
Winchester,  Winsted  Society,  was  then  read,  when  it  was  re- 
solved, to  do  nothing  on  this  petition. 

A  petition  from  sundry  brethren  of  East  Hartford,  praying  for 
the  erection  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  read  and  continued 
to  the  next  annual  communication. 

A  petition  from  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  to  annul  a  former 


316  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

resolve  of  Grand  Lodge,  alternating  the  place  of  said  Lodge  at 
Plymouth  and  Watertown,  and  to  fix  the  meeting  of  said  Lodge 
at  Watertown,  was  then  read  and  granted. 

A  bill  was  presented  by  the  committee  appointed  on  the  ap- 
peal of  Bro.  Horatio  G.  Hale,  and  the  Grand  Treasurer  directed 
to  pay  the  same. 

A  motion  was  made  to  appoint  a  committee  to  petition  the 
Legislature  for  an  act  to  incorporate  this  Grand  Lodge,  and 
agreed  to.  R.  W.  Brothers  James  Ward,  Ralph  I.  IngersoU 
and  Elizur  Goodrich,  were  appointed  a  committee  for  that  pur- 
pose. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Henry  Champion,  it  was  resolved, 
that  the  sum  of  forty  dollars  be  given  out  of  the  funds  of  this 
Grand  Lodge,  for  the  relief  of  the  widow  Rebecca  Worthington, 
of  Colchester ;  and  that  this  sum  be  disbursed  by  the  Grand 
Treasurer,  at  his  discretion,  for  her  benefit. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  John  R.  Watrous,  it  was  resolved, 
that  in  future  the  expenses  of  the  Grand  Chaplain,  in  traveling 
to  and  from,  and  attending  on  Grand  Lodge,  be  paid  after  the 
rate  of  nine  cents  a  mile  for  travel,  and  one  dollar  fifty  cents 
per  diem. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  James  Ward,  it  was  resolved,  that  the 
sum  of  40  dollars  be  given  out  of  the  funds  of  this  Grand  Lodge 
for  the  relief  of  Bro.  Amos  Bull,  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  4, 
Hartford,  to  be  paid  over  to  the  Master  of  said  Lodge,  to  be 
applied  by  him,  at  his  discretion,  to  the  use  of  said  indigent 
brother. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  sundry  omissions  at  the  last 
Grand  Communication.  Sufficient  excuses  being  offered,  the 
penalties  were  remitted. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


1821.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  317 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — James  Carriiigton,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  H.  Collins, 
S.  W.,  William  H.  Jones,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Da.Yk\  Butler,  Charles  NicoU,  Henry  Beecher,  Charles  Leek,  Alfred 
Atwood,  Charles  Cannon,  Lucius  Canada,  Daniel  Monks,  Otis  Cook,  Seymour 
Watrous.     Expelled — Elijah  Gilbert,  Stephen  Hine. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— S.  Cooper,  W.  M.,  Henry  Carrington,  S.  W., 
Lyman  Wells,  J.  W. 
Initiated — John  Smith. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Richard  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Nathaniel  S.  Skinner, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  Stratton,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Isaac  Northrop,  Marsena  Winton,  Ebenezer  Seely,  Abijah  Wallace, 
Munson  Hinman,  William  Booth,  Roswell  Booth. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Elizur  Goodrich,  W.  M.,  Charles  Sheldon,  S.  W., 
S.  G.  Goodrich,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Horace  Treat,  Charles  Spencer,  Horace  Olmstead,  Horace  Goodwin, 
Deodate  Taylor,  Nathan  Colton,  Elbridge  Foster,  Ludovicus  Stowell,  Aaron  Rob- 
erts, Birdseye  Wilcox,  Levi  Bulkley. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Erastus  H.  Weed,  W.  M. 
Initiated — seven . 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— William  G.  Betts,  W.  M.,  John  Mallory,  S.  W., 
Nathan  Camp,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ebenezer  Carter,  Jr.,  Enos  H.  Weed,  Elliot  Raymond,  Robert  Dono- 
van. Suspended — Roswell  Blackman.  Expelled — Aaron  Comstock,  Jr.,  Samuel 
Jarvis,  Lewis  Tuttle. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Reuben  Fairchild,  S.  W. 
Initiated — Garry  B.  Wheeler,  John  Morehead. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  BenjamiD,  S.  W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 
Initiated — one. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Lyman  Cannon,  S.  W. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— Amherst  D.  Scovill,  W.  M.,  George  Way,  S.  W., 
Samuel  H.  Fox,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sylvester  Munger,  Alanson  B.  Stannard,  Wheeler  Randall,  Daring 
Andrews,  Frederick  Morgan,  Jonathan  Dodge. 


318  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— David  Marsh,  W.  M.,  James  Winship,  S.  W., 
Phineas  Lord,  J.  W. 

Initiated— KnfnH  Kellogg,  Eli  Benedict,  Samuel  P.  Bolles,  Jacob  McCall, 
Heman  W.  Childs,  Ebenezer  B.  Wetmore,  Daniel  Lord,  2d,  Benjamin  Doolittle, 
Lucius  Tompkins,  Charles  Jones,  Asahel  Beach.  Suspended — William  F.  Simp- 
son, David  Kinney. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby — Jeremiali  French,  W.  M.,  Hem-y  Downs,  S.  W., 
Henry  Johnson,  J.  W. 

Initiated— George  S.  Heart,  George  Blackman,  John  Lum,  Clark  Nettleton. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington — John  Mix,  W.  M.,  George  Cowles,  S.  W., 
George  Norton,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Russell  Wells,  Hiram  Wells. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Colchester— Andrew  Harris,  W.  M.,  Uriah  Fuller,  S.  W., 
Horatio  G.  Judson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Anson  Fox,  Jonathan  Burnet. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton,  W.  M.,  Stephen  Jarvis,  S.  W., 
James  Beach,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertovvn — Samuel  Hickens,  W.  M.,  Austin  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Isaac  B.  Castle,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Levi  Marcum,  Edward  E.  Porter. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown — Wheeler  Fairchild,  W.  M.,  Zachariah  Clark,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Daniel  Blackman,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Vhilo  Baldwin,  Henry  Peck,  Squire  Dibble,  Prosper  A.  Foot,  David 
Sherman,  Harry  Sherman,  Charles  Sherman,  McPhersou  Sherman. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Huntington— Gideon  Beardsley,  W.  M. 

Initiated — two. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Moses  W.  Beckley,  W.  M.,  George  Hart,  S.  W., 
Orrin  Beckley,  J.  W. 
.      ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford— Ezra  Noble,  W.  M.,  Clark  Hine,  S.  W., 
Edward  Hunt,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Zarab  D.  Wheeler. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— John  Darling,  W.  M.,  Jehiel  Castle,  S.  W.,  Daniel 
Tolles,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston — Jesse  Starkweather,  W.  M.,  Nehemiah  Spencer, 
S.  W.,  Appleton  Meech,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Tierpont  Kinne,  Rev.  Elisha  Frink,  Charles  C.  Palmer,  Asa  A. 
Swan,  Moses  Kennedy,  Robert  Kinne,  Edward  Coats,  Jr.,  John  Prentice,  John 
Sheffield  John  Baldwin,  Daniel  Averill. 

Expelled — Benjamin  Olin. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Jasper  Gilbert,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Rider,  S.  W.,  Daniel 
F.  Bingham,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Damiel  Burnham,  Harvey  Clark,  Samuel  B.  Goddard. 


1821.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  319 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— George  Merrick,  W.  M.,  Marvin  Dayton, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  Andrews,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sudyah  Robinson,  David  G.  Freeman. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— William  Cook,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Kelsey,  S.  W., 
Nehemiah  Dickerman,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Jehosophat  Spencer,  Daniel  Brainard.  Expelled — Sylvester  Pratt, 
Smith  Hubbard. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Cal- 
houn, S.  W.,  John  N.  Gunn,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Tyrus  Perkins. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Jabez  Collins,  W.  M. 
Initiated — James  H.  Bartlett,  Ira  Hodge,   Samuel  S.  Fuller,  Hezekiah  Cady, 
Ashna  Pasco,  John  F.  Buckland. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Norman  Bidwell,  W.  M.,  Decius  Humphreys,  S. 
W.,  Jacob  Mills,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ruggles  Case,  Warren  Graham,  Hector  Humphrey,  Hosea  Case,  Jr., 
James  Cornish,  William  H.  Hallock,  Ansel  Humphrey,  Abram  GrifBn,  Orvil 
Wilcox. 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Newell,  S.  W., 
Joseph  C.  Bush,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Lyman  Law,  W.  M. 

Initiated — James  Davis,  William  H.  Young,  Robert  B.  Smith,  John  Rice, 
Charles  Hobson,  Sabin  K.  Smith,  Bartholomew  C.  Baxter,  Joshua  Sumner  Lee. 
Expelled — Nathaniel  Hewell,  Elisha  AVatrous,  Ezra  Keeney,  Harris  Rogers. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Sherman  Hartwell,  W.  M.,  Adoniram  Car- 
ter, S.  W.,  Robert  Hoyt,  J.  W. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Seth  C.  Clark,  W.  M.,  John  E.  Benjamin, 
S.  W.,  Julius  Bristol,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Job  Lewis. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— William  Belcher,  W.  M.,  William  P.  Eaton, 
S.  W.,  Joseph  Kingsley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  S.  Tracy,  William  P.  Eaton,  Calvin  Lambert,  Thomas  Rob- 
inson, Frederick  Prentice,   Hezekiah  Tracy,  William  Tyler,  Joel  Kinne,  Rev. 

David  N.  Bentley,  Samuel  Griswold.    Suspended — Perry  M.  Haskell.    Expelled 

Philemon  Page,  Jr.,  Levi  Huntington,  William  McGraw,  Chester  Kimball,  Jr. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— William  Marks,  W.  M.,  William  C.  Abernathy, 
S.  W.,  Guy  R.  Sanford,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Levi  Gaylord,  Arby  Morris,  Chaimcey  Brooks,  George  Pettibone. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Joshua  R.  Jewett,  W.  M.,  Daniel  B.  Holcomb, 
S.  W.,  Vergil  Pettibone,  J.  W. 

Initiated — George  Jewett,  Arabzia  Phelps,  George  Holcomb,  Shubael  S.  Has- 
kins,  Alexander  A.  Pomeroy,  John  T.  Rockwell,  Julius  Spring,  Elara  Fuller,  An- 
son N.  Holcomb,  William  H.  Higgins. 


320  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Augustus  L.  Pease,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Holt, 
S.  "W.,  Jonathan  Beers,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Stephen  P.  Clinton,  Luman  Hubbell,  John  Faxon,  William  S.  Hola- 
bird,  Darius  Phelps,  Marvin  Tinker,  James  Shephard. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Amos  Seward,  W.  M.,  Merrit  Foot,  S.  W., 
Calvin  Frisbie,  J.  W. 
Initiated — two. 

ARK,  No.  39,  Reading— Hezekiah  Reed,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Jeremiah  Banks,  S.  W., 
Edward  Couch,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Reuben  Booth,  W.  M.,  Eleazer  Taylor,  S.  W.,  Geo. 
Clapp,  J.  W. 

Initiated — David  Dobbs,  Samuel  Stebbens,  Stephen  Porter,  Amos  Starr,  Sam'l 
Banks,  Otis  P.  Taylor.  Suspended — Augustus  Wilcox,  Eli  Green.  Expelled — 
Frederick  A.  Whiting. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield— Czar  Nearing,  W.  M.,  Zalmon  Goodsel,  S.  W., 
Henry  Ruggles,  J.  W. 

Initiated — four.     Expelled — Seth  Stevens. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Elias  Ford,  W.  M.,  Augustus  Beebe,  S.  W., 
Lyman  Gilbert,  J.  W. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Luther  D.  Leach,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Clark, 
S.  W.,  Zephaniah  Palmer,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Chauncey  F.  Cleveland,  William  Webb. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Luther  Rawson,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Palmer,  Jr.,  S.  W., 
William  Williams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Eli  Clemons,  William  James,  Henry  Willis,  Jr.,  William  M.  Cook, 
Calvin  Day,  Henry  Brown,  Asher  Starkweather,  John  Day,  Jr.,  James  Dike,  Geo. 
C.  Fisher,  John  J.  Williams,  Stephen  F.  Burnham,  Weeden  Clark,  Benj.  AUard, 
Jonathan  P.  Hall,  Asa  Child,  Issachar  Bates,  Benjamin  Covell,  Matthew  Bowen, 
James  Fisher,  Hervey  Blashfield,  John  Fowler,  2d,  Nathaniel  Jones,  Willard 
Parks. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Merrit  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Lyman  Riggs,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Wire,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Daniel  Wilmot,  Eli  Bassett.  Expelled — Henry  Johnson.  Restored — 
Benjamin  Candee. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent.— Philo  Mills,  W.  M.,  John  Smith,  S.  W.,  Jesse  St. 
John,  J.  W. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— William  Crocker,  W.  M.,  Walter  Dauchy, 
S.  W.,  William  Olmstead,  J.  W. 

Initiated — two. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Leonard  Hendee,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Perkins,  S.  W., 
John  Graves,  J.  W. 

Iniii-ated — Chauncey  Burgeas. 


1821.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  321 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Ebenezer  Force,  W.  M.,  Asahel   Pelton,  S.  W., 
Edmund  Bolles,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Clement  Norton. 

MOUNT  OLIVE,  No.  52,  Saybrook— Samuel  Ingham,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Hough, 
S.  W.,  William  Lynde,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Michael  McDermott,  Nathan  Pratt. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Theodore  T.  Wells,  W.  M.,  William 
S.  Frink,  S.  W.,  Stephen  L.  Avery,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Rev.  Thomas  J.  De  Vevell,  Asa  Whitney,  William  Lewis,  3d,  Charles 
W.  Hall. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Chesterfield  King,  S.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Josiah  Smith,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Phelps,  S.  W., 
George  0.  Jarvis,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Roderick  Bissell,  Chauncey  Shattuck,  Jesse  Williams,  Homer  Higby, 
Nehemiah  Johnson,  Thomas  H.  Marshall,  James  M.  Boyd,  Joshua  Hewitt,  Pres- 
cott  Pond,  Horace  Ramey,  Levi  Holmes,  Timothy  Colton,  William  Russell,  Joseph 
Lewis,  Henry  Deary,  Abner  Loomis. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— Philip  Gaylord,  W.  M.,  Asa  Bartholomew,  S.W., 
Josiah  Read,  J.  W. 

Initiated — George  E.  Rich,  Amzi  Clark,  William  Wheeler,  Daniel  B.  Hinman, 
Daniel  Hill,  Irenus  Atkins,  Merrit  Perkins. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamstead— Amos  Beecher,  W.  M.,  Alvin 
Squires,  S.  W.,  Drayton  Jones,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Merrill,  Amos  Beecher,  Jr.,  Orville  Howd,  Robert  Heath, 
William  Shepherd,  Joel  Allen,  Luke  Hayden,  Lyman  Hart,  Lorrin  Sexton,  Henry- 
Allen,  Merlin  Merrell,  Jehiel  Case,  Ezekiel  Alderman,  Josiah  C.  Banning,  Arunah- 
Case,  Augustus  L.  Humphrey,  Luther  Burnham,  Orson  Humphrey,  George  Case, 
Sterling  Goddard. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Andrew  Denison,  W.  M.,  Barlow  Rose,  S.  W.,  S. 
Lewis,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  Shepard,  Rev.  Asahel  Morse. 

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322  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


Act  of  Incorporation  of  the 

0 


At  a  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  holden  at 
Hartford,  in  said  State,  07i  the  first  Wednesday  of  May, 
A.  D.  1821— 

Whereas,  sundry  persons  in  this  State  have  formed  themselves  into  an  Asso- 
ciation or  Society,  known  and  called  by  the  name  of  "The  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,"  and  have  by  their  committee  presented  their  petition  to 
this  Assembly,  praying  for  an  Act  of  Incorporation ; 

Resolved  hy  this  Assembly,  That  Lyman  Law,  Thomas  H.  Gushing,  William  H. 
Jones,  Henry  Champion,  and  such  other  persons  as  now  are,  or  hereafter  shall 
become  members  of  said  Association  or  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be,  and  they  hereby 
are  made  and  constituted  a  corporation  or  body  politic,  by  the  name  of  "  The 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,"  and  by  that  name  may  have  perpetual 
succession,  shall  be  capable  in  law  of  suing  and  being  sued,  pleading  and  being 
impleaded,  defending  and  being  defended,  in  all  courts  and  places  whatsoever, 
and  may  have  and  use  a  common  seal,  and  may  alter  the  same  at  pleasure;  and 
may  hold,  use,  manage  and  convey  property,  real,  personal  and  mixed,  to  an 
amount  that  shall  produce  an  annual  income  not  exceeding  three  thousand 
dollars. 

Resolved  farther,  That  said  corporation  may,  from  time  to  time,  elect  such 
officers  as  they  may  judge  expedient ;  make  such  By-Laws  as  they  shall  judge 
needful  to  regulate  their  concerns,  not  inconsistent  with  the  laws  and  constitution 
of  this  State  or  the  United  States,  and  may  admit  members  of  their  body  in  the 
manner  and  upon  the  terms  they  may  judge  most  conducive  to  the  welfare  of  the 
corporation,  and  may  prescribe  the  manner  of  calling  and  the  times  and  places  of 
holding  their  meetings,  except  the  first  meeting  to  organize  said  corporation, 
which  shall  be  held  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Amos  Doolittle,  in  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  on  the  2d  Wednesday  of  May,  1822,  at  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Provided  always,  That  this  Act  may  be  repealed,  altered  or  amended,  at  the 
pleasure  of  the  General  Assembly. 

A  true  copy  of  record,  examined  by 

THOMAS  DAY,  Secretary. 


1822.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  323 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1822. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  ot 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
held  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  8th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1822,  A.  L.  5822  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  ! 

M.  W.  LYMAN  LAW,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  JOHN  MIX,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 

"       RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       JOHN  L.  LEWIS,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
"      JOHN  R.  WATROUS,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 
"       WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
W.    JEREMY  L.  CROSS,  Grand  Lecturer. 

DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

REPRESENTATIVES    OF   LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Willam  H.  Jones,  Hector  Hum- 
phrey. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — John  L.  Lewis, 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Enoch  Foote. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Jeremy  Hoadley. 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Daniel  Lockwood. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Benjamin  Isaacs,  Wm.  G.  Betts. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Charles  B.  Phelps. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — John  Thompson. 

No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Lyman  Cannon,  Lyman  Parker, 
Constant  Kirtland. 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Asa  Bigelow,  Jr. 


324  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — David  Marsh,  Joseph  Adams. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Jeremiah  French. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — Martin  Strong. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — John  Mix. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Bela  Spalding,  David  C.  Bolles. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — John  D.  Wooster,  Austin  Sperry. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Wm.  C.  Hawley,  Daniel  Blackman. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Abel  Sherwood,  Benjamin 
S.  Welton,  David  Wheeler. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Luther  Beckley. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Samuel  Canfield. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — John  Darling. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Tyler  Brown,  Avery  Downer. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Hiram  Rider. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Giastenbury — Ezra  Dayton.     - 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  Thos. 
Mitchell. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Jabez  Collins. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Decius  Humphrey. 

No.  30,  Day  spring,  Hamden — Isaac  Newell. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.  Brainard,  Lyman  Law. 

No.  32,  Meridan  Sun,  Warren — Sherman  Hartwell. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Martin  Cooke,  James  Ben- 
jamin. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Charles  Rockwell. 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — William  Marks. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby — Daniel  Hayes,  Jr. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Benjamin  Welch. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford — Amos  Seward. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston— Billy  Comstock. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Reuben  Booth. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — WiUiam  Meeker. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Andrew  Adams. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Luther  D.  Leach. 

No.  45,  Pythagoras,  Lyme — Joel  Loomis. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Thomas  Hubbard,  Asa  Child,  Jon- 
athan P.  Hall. 


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No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford— Merit  Bradley,  Levi  Candee, 
Samuel  Wire. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Nathaniel  P.  Perry. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Kidgefield — Lot  Forrester. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Solomon  Bidwell,  Jabez  L.  White. 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nathaniel  Markham,  Jr. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — J.  D.  Gallup. 

No.  54,  Hamilton,  Sharon — Martin  Strong. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Eoger  Coe. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — George  Hubbard. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Alvin  Squire,  Drayton 
Jones,  Jabez  Ford, 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — Andrew  Denison,  Charles  Shepard. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Benning  Mann. 

No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Timothy  Collins,  Myron  Har- 
rison. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  a  solemn  address  to  the  Throne  of  Grace,  by  the  Grand 
Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of 
Masonry. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  represented  to  the  Grand  Lodge, 
that  E.  W.  Thomas  H.  Cushing,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  was 
unable  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  at  the  present  com- 
munication, on  account  of  the  feeble  state  of  his  health,  and 
for  the  same  reason  declined  being  considered  a  candidate  for 
any  office  in  the  Grand  Lodge  at  this  time. 

The  following  letter  from  the  R.  W.  Grand  Treasurer,  was 
presented  and  read  : 

Colchester,  Cons.,  April  19,  1822. 
To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

Brethren — Having  been  favored  by  your  annual  appointment  to  tbe  office  of 
Grand  Treasurer,  for  a  great  number  of  years,  I  now  request  you  not  to  consider 
me  a  candidate  for  that  office  in  future.  My  time  in  life,  and  the  gradual  im- 
pairs of  age,  admonish  me  to  retire  from  all  public  business.  And  permit  me, 
on  tliis  occasion,  to  tender  you  my  grateful  acknowledgments  for  the  unvaried 
confidence  you  have  reposed  in  me.  I  have  long  since  resigned  every  public  em- 
ployment I  have  held,  except  this,  which  I  have  hitherto  retained,  because  it  has 


326  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [M^^y, 

been  the  dearest  to  me.  I  shall  ever  retain  those  feelings  for  your  Lodge,  collec- 
tively and  individually,  which  Masonry  is  calculated  to  inspire,  and  which  the 
favorable  indulgence  I  have  ever  experienced  claims  from  me. 

HENRY  CHAMPION. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Bro,  Eayner,  it  was  ordered,  that  the 
Grand  Secretary  prepare  and  forward  to  our  R.  W.  Brs.  Gush- 
ing and  Champion,  letters  expressive  of  the  high  sense  enter- 
tained by  the  members  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  of  their  valuable 
services  as  Grand  Officers,  and  of  the  deep  regret  which  we  feel 
at  the  necessity  which  has  compelled  them  to  decline  further 
service. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  Lyman  Law,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Daniel  B,  Brinsmade,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  Jeremy  L.  Cross,  Grand  Lecturer. 

"  Thomas  K.  Brace,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  James  Carrington,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication, 
to  apply  to  the  Legislature  for  an  act  of  incorporation,  made 
their  report,  accompanied  by  a  cojjy  of  said  act,  certified  by  the 
Secretary  of  State. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  it  was  resolved,  that 
the  Charter  of  Incorporation  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  granted  by 
the  Legislature  in  May,  1821,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ac- 
cepted. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  in  the  town  of  East  Hart- 
ford, praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  that  town, 
which  was  continued  from  the  last  annual  communication,  was 


1822.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  327 

read,  and  after  due  consideration,  granted  ;  the  new  Lodge  to 
be  called  "  Orient,  No.  62." 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  Montgomery  Lodge,  No. 
13,  Trinity,  No.  43,  Jerusalem,  No.  49,  and  Asylum,  No.  57, 
made  no  returns,  and  were  not  represented,  at  the  last  annual 
communication.  Sufficient  excuse  having  been  made  by  Mont- 
gomery, No.  13,  and  Asylum,  No.  57,  the  penalties  against 
those  two  Lodges  were  remitted. 

The  petition  of  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  No.  38,  Guilford,  praying 
for  leave  to  hold  communications  part  of  the  time  in  Branford, 
was  read  and  granted. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  several  members  of  Seneca 
Lodge,  No.  55,  Torrington,  praying  for  the  removal  of  the  said 
Lodge  to  the  First  Society  in  Winchester.  A  remonstrance  of 
sundry  brethren  belonging  to  said  Lodge,  against  said  petition, 
was  also  read.  After  due  consideration,  it  was  deemed  inexpe- 
dient to  grant  said  petition. 

A  petition  from  sundry  members  of  Seneca  Lodge,  No.  55, 
praying  for  a  new  Lodge,  to  be  located  at  Winsted,  was  then 
introduced  and  read,  and  ordered  to  be  continued  to  the  next 
annual  communication. 

On  motion,  it  was  resolved,  that  this  Grand  Lodge  do  recom- 
mend to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  the  disuse  of 
ardent  spirits  at  their  respective  communications. 

A  communication  from  sundry  Masons  from  different  parts  of 
the  United  States,  assembled  at  Washington  City,  on  the  sub- 
ject of  forming  a  General  Grand  Lodge,  was  read,  and  after  an 
interesting  discussion  as  to  the  utility  and  expediency  of  the 
measure,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  delegates  be  appointed  fom  this  Grand  Lodge,  to  meet  at  Wash- 
ington City,  at  such  time  as  may  be  agreed  upon,  during  the  next  session  of  Con- 
gress, with  delegates  from  other  Grand  Lodges,  for  the  purpose  of  framing  and 
adopting  a  Constitution  for  a  General  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States. 

The  vote  rejecting  the  petition  of  sundry  members  of  Seneca 
Lodge,  No.  55,  praying  for  the  removal  of  said  Lodge,  was  re- 
considered ;  when,  on  motion,  the  petition  was  referred  to  the 
next  annual  communication. 


228  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Bro.  Elias  Perkins  represented  the  case  of  Bro.  Wm.  Rich- 
ards, of  Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  as  being  in  circumstances  re- 
quiring the  charitable  assistance  of  the  brethren  ;  whereupon 
it  was  voted,  that  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  from  the  funds  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  to  be  expended  for  the  benefit  of  said  Bro.  Richards. 

Brs.  James  Ward,  David  Porter,  and  Talcott  Wolcott,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the 
late  Grand  Treasurer,  and  pay  over  the  balance  to  the  present 
Grand  Treasurer. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  Brs.  Laban  Smith,  Ralph  L 
Ingersoll,  and  Wm.  H.  Jones,  be  a  committee  to  revise  the  by- 
laws of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  make  report  at  the  next  annual 
communication. 

Whereas,  an  acquaintance  with  the  signatures  of  the  officers 
of  the  several  Grand  Lodges  is  necessary,  in  testing  the  authen- 
ticity of  documents  purporting  to  be  issued  by  any  of  them, — 
therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  transmit,  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion 
may  require,  to  the  other  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  the  names  of  the 
officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  in  their  own  proper  hand-writing,  certified  by  him, 
under  the  seal  of  this  Grand  Lodge  ;  at  the  same  time  requesting  a  similar  docu- 
ment from  them. 

After  a  solemn  prayer,  by  the  Rev.  Grand  Chaplain,  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  closed. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


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RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Wm.  H.  Jones,  W.  M.,  Hector  Humphrey,  S.  W., 
Nahum  Flagg,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alfred  Potter,  George  Bostwick,  Justin  Redfield,  Joseph  Barber, 
Orrin  G.  Winchell,  John  Goldsmith,  Wm.  W.  Boardman,  Wm.  Green,  James  G. 
Percival.     Admitted — Hector  Humphrey. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Lysander  Wells,  W.  M.,  George  W.  Bull,  S. 
W.,  Horace  Clark,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Fairchild  Camp,  Warren  P.  Stow,  James  Francis.  Wm.  Miller. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Nathaniel  L.  Skinner,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Strat- 
ton,  S.  W.,  Charles  Wintnn,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Two. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— James  M.  Goodwin,  W.  M. 

Initiated — Daniel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  Elisha  Hempstead,  Amos  B.  RofF,  Anson  Glea- 
son,  Jason  L.  Wolcott,  Solomon  Porter,  Anson  Colton,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  David 
F.  Robinson,  Hezekiah  Davis,  Benoni  English,  Normand  Smith,  Jr.,  Horace  Good- 
win, 2d.     One  of  these  a  clergyman,  and  one  a  missionary — fees  remitted. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— John  W.  Leeds,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Knapp,  S.  W.,  William 
Wilmot,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Kh\i3h  Smith,  John  W.  Husted,  Jacob  W.  Leeds,  Sands  Adams, 
Wm.  L.  Husted,  Luther  Knapp,  Sands  Sellick,  Hervey  Pennoyer,  Solomon  Guern- 
sey, Alfred  Gorham,  Henry  Webb,  Edwin  Lounsbury,  Hiram  Talmadge.  Admit- 
ted—yfiWmra  S.  Wood. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Joseph  Keeler,  W.  M.,  John  Mallory,  S.  W., 
Nathan  Camp,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lewis  S.  Hoyt,  Samuel  Seward,  George  L.  Cable,  Rev.  Sylvester 
Eaton,  James  Griffith. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Phineas  S.  Bradley,  W.  M.,  William 
Hicock,  S.  W.,  Garry  H.  Wheeler,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Amasa  Lathrop,  Squier  Hurlburt,  Elnathan  Mitchell,  Matthew  E. 
Mitchell,  Benjamin  Kilbourn,  Russel  Hicock,  Chauncey  Hodge,  Lewis  Fairchild, 
Charles  E.  Hinman. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  BeDJamin,  S. 
W.,  Betyamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

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330  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingfonl— Lyman  Cannon,  W.  M.,  Lyman  Parker,  S.  W., 
Constant  Kirtland,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiram  Yale,  Philo  Hall,  2d,  James  S.  Brooks,  George  Ives,  Friend 
Cook,  Samuel  C.  Spencer,  Charles  Andrews.  Admitted — Constant  Kirtland,  Me- 
dad  C.  Munson,  Miles  M.  Carrington. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— George  Way,  W.  M.,  Amherst  D.  Scovill,  S. 
W.,  Frederick  Morgan,  J.  W. 

Initiated. — Alva  Morgan,  Rev.  Jared  Rice,  John  T.  Peters,  William  Worthing- 
ton,  Roswell  Morgan,  John  L.  Watrous. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— David  Marsh,  W.  M.,  James  Winship,  S.  W., 
Phineas  Lord,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Manly  Peters,  Samuel  Doolittle,  Samuel  R.  Childs,  Lyman  Wooster, 
John  M.  West,  Hubbard  West,  Harman  Seeley,  Reuben  M.  Gibbs,  Tillotson  Qibbs, 
Bryan  Stoddard.     Suspended — James  Beach,  Lemuel  L.  Palmer. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Jeremiah  French,  AV.  M.,  Henry  Downs,  S.  W., 
George  Blackman,  J.  W. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  18,  Salisbury— Samuel  Church,  W.  M.,  Luther  Ticknor, 
S.  W.,  Richard  Hollister,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiel  Rowley,  Albert  Moore,  Jeremiah  Thomas,  Horace  Stevens, 
David  Scovill,  Bradford  Brown,  Nathaniel  Benedict,  Jr.,  Moses  Wells,  Noah  S. 
Martin,  Edmund  Martin,  John  Smith,  Elisha  H.  Landon,  Nathaniel  Boardman. 
Admitted — Joshua  W.  Stanton. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington-^ohn  Mix,  W.  M.,  George  Norton,  S.  W., 
Chauncey  Sweet,  J.  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Colchester— Andrew  Harris,  W.  M.,  Uriah  Fuller,  S.  W., 
Horatio  G.  Hudson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Dixwell  Lathrop,  Jesse  Herrendean,  Walter  Peck,  George  Lincoln, 
David  C.  Bolles,  Benjamin  Bascom,  Wilson  Palmer,  Charles  T.  Burwell,  Joseph 
Lathrop,  Henry  Clark,  Jesse  Eddy,  Isaac  Baldwin,  Asa  RusseU.  Admitted — 
William  Tyler,  Ephraim  Midbury,  James  Carey. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— John  D.  Wooster,  W.  M.,  Samuel  H.  Judd,  S. 
W.,  William  Lockwood,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  B.  Heacox,  Alanson  Warren,  Lucius  B.  Bradley,  Chidsey 
Fields. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Wheeler  Fairchild,  W.  M. 

Initiated — William  Blakeslee,  Charles  Chapman,  Ephraim  Piatt,  David  Row- 
land, George  Bradley. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Huntington— Abel  Sherwood,  W.  M. 
Initiated — Woodward  M.  Todd,  Bertwick  Hurd,  Orlando  Hurd. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Moses  W.  Beckley,  S.  W., 
Orrin  Beckley,  J.  W. 

I/iiiiaied — Ralph  Dunning. 


1822.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  331 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford— Ezra  Noble,  W.  M.,  Clark  Hine,  S.  W., 
Edward  Hunt,  J.  W. 

HART  S,  No.  22,  Woodbridg&— John  Darling,  W.  M.,  Jehiel  Castle,  S.  W.,  Nathan 
Nettleton,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Harlow  Porter. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  28,  Preston— Joshua  Barstow,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
Adin  Cook,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Roswell  Allen,  Daniel  L.  Campbell,  George  Lester,  Chas.  Prentice, 
Asher  Bennett,  Charles  Hudson,  Thomas  Prentice. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Jasper  Gilbert,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Brigham,  S.  W.,  Don 
F.  Bingham,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Armin  Bolles,  Luther  Topliff,  Philip  McKensey,  Flavel  Judd,  John 
M.  Freeman.  Admitted — Stephen  Dunham,  Jr..  A.  D.  Tarbox.  Suspended — 
Ebenezer  Porter,  Frederick  French. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury — George  Merrick,  W.  M.,  Marvin  Dayton, 
S.  W.,  James  Robinson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Perry  G.  Hollister,  Erastus  Buck,  Asaph  Buck,  Norraand  Robinson, 
Jasper  Buck. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— James  Gladding,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Kelsey,  S. 
W.,  Nehemiah  Dickinson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Asahel  Bonfory,  Simeon  Hubbard,  Joseph  Goodrich,  Ulysses  Butler, 
David  Shailer,  Servilius  Stocking.     Admitted — Willard  Gladding. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  B.  Biinsmade,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Cal- 
houn, S.  W.,  Erastus  Reynolds,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  Moody,  Jehiel  Hicock,  Daniel  A.  Ryon,  Eli  Piatt,  Daniel 
Judson,  Stephen  Cogswell,  Jr.,  Daniel  Tuttle,  Alva  S.  Warner,  Edwin  Wheeler, 
Avery  Allen,  Joseph  W.  Fuller,  Constantine  McMahon,  Leverett  Allen.  Admit- 
ted— John  Goodyear. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Jabez  Collins,  W.  M.,  William  Par- 
sons, S.  W.,  David  Parsons,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Barnabas  Pease,  Phiueas  Parsons,  Solomon  Terry,  Jr.,  Ebenezer 
Smith,  Seth  C.  Thompson,  John  Chubbuck,  Apollos  D.  Bates. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Decius  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Orrin  B.  Freeman,  S. 
W.,  Thomas  Bidwell,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Dwight  Humphrey.     Admitted — Stephen  Frasier. 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Newell,  8.  W., 
Joseph  C.  Bush,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Thomas  H.  Gushing,  W.  M. 

Initiated — Daniel  S.  Thacher,  Thaddeus  Brooks,  Jr.,  Joshua  Hamilton,  James 
Crocker,  Sylvester  Griffing,  Elisha  Douglas,  Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Henry  Williams, 
James  Smith,  Parker  Smith,  Alfred  Anson  Wood.  Admitted — Thomas  Riley. 
Expelled — Lambert  Williams,  Amos  D.  Smith,  John  V.  Cornell. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Sherman  Hartwell,  W.  M.,  Adoniram  Car- 
ter. S.  W.,  Robert  Hoyt,  J.  W. 


332  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Samuel  Pardee.  W.  M.,  Martin  Cook,  S. 
W.,  Arnold  Atvvater,  J.  W. 

Initiated — James  Andrews,  Hall  Hotcliki.ss,  Hervey  Hotchkiss,  Oliver  Andras, 
Frederick  Pearl. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— William  P.  Eaton,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Kingsley, 
S.  W.,  Thomas  Hutchins,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Gm-<\on  Ladd,  Comfort  D.  Fillemore,  Rev.  Peter  G.  Clark,  Jesse 
Fuller.  Admitted— kmhvo^e  Armstrong,  Obadiah  Smith,  Darius  Friuk,  Daniel 
Palmer.  Suspended — Erastus  Cooley.  .  Expelled — Thomas  Gavit,  Abel  Malison, 
Nathan  Sears,  Stephen  Brewster. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— William  Marks,  W.  M.,  William  C.  Abernathy, 
S.  W.,  Guy  R.  Sanford,  J.  W. 

Initiated— ComX&ni  Roberts,  Corydon  Dyer,  Augustus  Pettibone,  Cyrus  Carter, 
Martin  Hale,  Julius  C.  Hotchkiss. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Joshua  R.  Jewett,  W.  M.,  Joseph  F.  Jewett, 
S.  W.,  Hector  F.  Phelps,  J.  W. 

imYia^fd— Thomas  Spring,  Jr.,  Justus  D.  Wilcox,  Benoni  B.  Bacon,  Lemuel 
Holcomb,  Milo  A.  Holcomb,  Jonathan  Eno,  Jr.,  Rockwell  Hoskins,  Lott  Pinuey, 
Jr.,  Joel  C.  Clark,  Elias  J.  Pettibone,  Justin  Reed.     Admitted— Ah\]3i\i  Rowe. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Joseph  Riggs,  W.  M.,  Ira  Whiting,  S.  W., 
Josiah  Pettil)one,  J.  W. 

//M^m^ecZ— Erastus  Clapp.     Expelled — Benjamin  Calhoun. 

ST.  ALB  AN' S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Amos  Seward,  W.  M.,  Merrit  Foot,  S.  W., 
Calvin  Frisbie,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  Green,  Richard  Weld,  Eben  B.  Evarts,  George  Bradley. 

Admitted — four. 

ARK,  No.  39,  Weston— Alden  Winton,  W.  M.,  Edward  Couch,  S.  W.,  Ira  Bald- 
win, J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Oliver  Shepherd,  W.  M.,  Eleazer  Taylor,  S.  W.,  Geo. 
Clapp,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  Selly,  Schyler  Chace,  Preston  Durant,  Simeon  C.  Leach, 
Josiah  Dikeman,  Harvey  Bedience,  Russell  Wildman.  Admitted — Gideon  H. 
Osborn,  Nathan  B.  Wheeler.  Expelled — Squire  Munrow.  Restored — Augustus 
Wilcox. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield — Czar  Nearing,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Holley,  S.  W., 
Charles  Jones,  J.  W. 

Admitted — William  Meeks. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury- Elias  Ford,  W.  M.,  Augustus  Beebe,  S.  W., 
Hervey  Judd,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Abraham  Hoadley. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Luther  D.  Leach,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Clark, 
S.  W.,  Zephaniah  Palmer,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Mason  Parsons,  Christopher  Champlin.  Expelled — Salmon  Cham- 
pion. 


1822.]  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  333 

PYTHAGORAS,  No.  45,  Lyme— Ebenezer  Brockway,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Ely,  S. 
W,,  John  Beckwith,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pom  fret— Joseph  Palmer,  W.  M.,  Asa  May,  S.  W.,  Andrew 
Williams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ebenezer  Stoddard,  Henry  Baldwin,  Alvan  Child,  Joseph  Bedlow, 
Josiah  Richards. 

MORNING  STAR,  No,  47,  Oxford— Merrit  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Lyman  Riggs,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Wire,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Jesse  Joy,  Ethel  Blackman,  David  M.  Clark,  Nathan  Wooster,  Cyrus 
Humphrey. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Philo  Mills,  W.  M.,  Jesse  St.  John,  S.  W.,  John 
Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ezra  Skiff,  Lewis  W.  Mills,  Augustus  Fowler,  Nathan  Skiff. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— William  Crocker,  W.  M.,  Walter  Dauchy, 
S.  W.,  Burr  Bradley,  J.  W. 
Initiated — one. 

WARREN,  No.  60,  Andover— Elisha  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Chester  Daggett,  S.  W., 
Chauncey  Burgess,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Edwin  M.  Hollister,  Bezaliel  Hutchinson,  Jr.,  Stephen  T.  Hosmer, 
Timothy  Dimmick,  Solomon  Bidwell,  Thomas  Smith,  Frederick  A.  Strong,  John 
Brace. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Samuel  Simons,  W.  M.,  Jesse  Hurd,  Jr.,  S.  W., 
Azel  Utley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  Bailey,  Alexander  Arthur,  Warren  Gates,  Azel  Utley,  James 
B.  Taylor.     Suspended — Ebenezer  Force.     Expelled — John  Parmelee. 

MOUNT  OLIVE,  No.  52,  Saybrook— Samuel  Ingham,  W.  M.,  Felix  Starkey, 
S.  W.,  Charles  U.  Hayden,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Cornelius  R.  Dean,  George  W.  Williams,  Russel  C.  Ely. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— William  S.  Frink,  W.  M.,  Ansel 
Coats,  S.  W.,  Charles  G.  Avery,  J.  W. 

Initiated— John  D.  Gallup,  Clark  D.  Thompson,  Benjamin  Peabody,  Jr.,  Jabez 
Gallup,  Stephen  Billings.     Suspended — Christopher  Dewey,  Jr. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Chesterfield  King,  W.  M.,  Treat  Camp,  S.  W., 
William  Case,  J.  W. 

Initiated — one. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Josiah  Smith,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Phelps,  S.  W., 
George  0.  Jarvis,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sanford  Palmer,  John  S.  Moore,  Anson  Wheeler,  Anson  Colt,  Roman 
Watson,  Selah  Frost. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol — Asa  Bartholomew,  W.  M.,  Cornelius  B.  Andrews, 
S.  AV.,  Josicnh  Read,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Amos  R.  Smith,  Thomas  F.  Fuller,  William  Sperry,  Barzilla  Brad- 
ley, Medad  Alcox,  Moseley  Hooker,  Leicester  Carrington,  Rev.  Orra  Martin. 
Solomon  C.  Hinman,  Seth  Horton,  William  A.  Alcox. 


334  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  StoninErton  Borough— Gurdon  Trumbull,  W.  M.,  Francis 
Amy,  S.  W.,  John  Kirhy,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  Ash,  Jr.,  Edwin  A.  Palmer,  Thomas  S.  Breed,  Richard  E. 
Reynolds,  Jonathan  Palmer,  Jonathan  Pendleton,  Ebenezer  Griffing,  Thomas  Mi- 
ner, William  S.  Williams,  Joseph  D.  Mason,  Ephraim  Williams,  Thos.  W.  Brown, 
Elihu  Haley,  Dudley  B.  Robinson. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Alvin  Squires,  W.  M.,  Drayton 
Jones,  S.  AV.,  Jabez  Ford,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lorrin  Giddings,  Cephas  B.  Selden,  Linus  Bliss,  William  Selby, 
Samuel  Gates,  Hastings  Case,  Samuel  Merrill,  Loyal  Wilcox,  Daniel  Slade,  Eli- 
phalet  Mills,  Henry  Gates,  John  Church,  Horace  Butler,  Alfred  Webber,  Daniel 
Sanford,  Zera  Bacon. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Andrew  Denison,  W.  M.,  Barlow  Rose,  S.  W.,  S. 
Lewis,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Orson  Osborn,  George  A.  Owin,  William  Tuttle,  Thomas  Hurlbut, 
David  Hastings,  Jr.,  Julius  Harmon,  George  Pease. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Benning  Mann,  W.  M.,  William  Field,  S.  W.. 
Richard  Stroud,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Joseph  Silbey,  Samuel  Carpenter,  M.  S.  P.  Dean,  William  Walbridge, 
Chauncey  Johnson,  Giddings  Hyde,  Nathan  Rockwell,  Henry  P.  Lester,  John  Ca- 
dy,  Lot  Dean,  Henry  Walbridge,  Arby  Hyde. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen— Timothy  Collins,  W.  M.,  Truman  Star,  S. 
W.,  Judah  Lewis,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Myron  Harrison,  Alfred  Walter,  Seth  Thompson,  Samuel  Chapin, 
Phineas  Cook,  Samuel  Sterling,  Jeremiah  Kelley,  Henry  Bierce,  Chauncey  Hurl- 
but,  William  A.  Reed,  James  Blake. 


1823.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  335 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1823. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfhipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  14th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1823,  and  of 
Mafonry  5823 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  LYMAN  LAW,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       ELIZUR  GOODRICH,  Jr.,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       DANIEL  B.  BRINSMADE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
JEREMY  L.  CROSS,  Grand  Lecturer. 
THOMAS  K.  BRACE,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES, 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — William  H.  Jones,  William  W. 
Boardraan,  Nahum  Flagg. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — John  L.  Lewis. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Joseph  Backus. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — James  M.  Goodwin,  George  Put- 
nam, Denison  Morgan. 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Simeon  H.  Miner. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Moses  Gregory,  Samuel  Raymond. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Chauncey  Crafts, 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Robert  Falrchild. 

No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Constant  Kirtland. 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Geo.  Way,  Amherst  D.  Scovill, 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— David  Marsh,  Augustus  T.  Hall. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Samuel  French. 


336  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — Samuel  Church. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — John  Mix. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Uriel  Fuller. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Wheeler  Fairchild. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Cyrus  H,  Beardsley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Moses  W.  Beckley,  Orrin  Beckley. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Samuel  Canfield. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Keuben  Judd. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Wm.  Kimball. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Hiram  Rider,  Elisha  Brigham,  John 

Fitch. 
No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam — Jonathan  Usher,  Richard 

Lord,  A.  C.  Palmer. 
No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Daniel  B.  Brinsmade. 
No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Jabez  Collins. 
No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Decius  Humphrey,  Orrin  B.  Freeman, 

Ansel  Humphreys. 
No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Jared  Bassett. 
No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Christopher  Manwaring,   Heze- 

kiah  Goddard,  Thomas  S.  Perkins. 
No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Martin  Cook. 
No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Wm.  P.  Eaton, 
No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — William  Marks. 
No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby — James  0.  Pond. 
No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Benjamin  Welch,  Jeremiah  W. 

Phelps,  Earl  P.  Pease. 
No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford— Orrin  D.  Squire. 
No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — John  B.  Merrit,  Sturges  Fanton. 
No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Sturges  Sellick. 
No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Stephen  Gregory. 
No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Andrew  Adams. 
No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Thomas  Clark. 
No.  45,  Pythagoras,  Lyme — Joel  Loomis. 
No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Asa  May,  Asa  Child,  Ezra  Child. 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire,  Abel  Wheeler. 


1823.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  337 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Nathaniel  P.  Perry. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Edwin  M.  Hollister. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Ansel  Coates,  Thos. 

T.  Welles. 
No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Aaron  Smith,  James  M.  Boyd. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — George  Mitchell. 
No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Gurdon  Trumbull. 
No,  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Amos  Beecher,  Jr. 
No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — Andrew  Denison. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Benning  Mann,  Wm.  Field. 
No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Alfred  Watson. 
No.  62,  Orient,  East  Hartford— Charles  H.   Olmsted,  Martin 

Stanley,  Henry  Phelps. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FOKM. 

After  a  solemn  address  to  the  Throne  of  Grace,  by  the  Grand 
Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of 
Masonry,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  Bro.  Lyman  Law,  expressed  a 
desire  not  to  be  conisdered  a  candidate  for  office  at  the  present 
time. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz : 

M.  W.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"        Thomas  K.  Brace,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"        Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

"       Jeremy  L.  Cross,  Grand  Lecturer. 

"       James  Carrington,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       James  M.  Goodwin,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 
43 


338  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  late  and  present  Grand 
Treasurer,  submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

We  the  subscribers,  a  committee  appointed  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of 
the  late  Grand  Treasurer,  and  pay  over  the  balance  to  the  present  Grand  Treasu- 
rer, respectfullj'  report,  that  we  have  attended  to  the  duties  of  our  appointment, 
and  have  received  from  Bro.  Champion  a  transfer  of  eight  shares  of  stock  in  the 
Hartford  Bank,  and  $516.70  in  cash;  all  of  which  we  have  delivered  over  to  the 
Grand  Treasurer,  and  taken  his  receipt.  In  addition  to  the  above,  we  learn  from 
Brs.  Champion  and  Mix,  that  in  pursuance  of  a  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  there 
is  a  loan  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  Bro.  Amos  Doolittle,  which  is  secured  by  a 
lease  of  the  room  in  which  the  Grand  Lodge  meets  in  New  Haven. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted  bj'  your  committee, 

JAMES  WARD, 
TALCOTT  WOLCOTT, 
DAVID  PORTER. 
Hartford,  May  14,  1823. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  above  report  be  accepted, 
and  recorded  on  the  books  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Brs.  Henry  W.  Edwards,  William  W.  Boardman  and  Hector 
Humphrey  were  appointed  a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the 
accounts  of  the  present  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Secretary, 
and  report  at  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  of  Seneca  Lodge,  No.  55, 
Torrington,  praying  for  an  alteration  of  their  charter,  to  enable 
them  to  remove  their  Lodge  to  a  more  eligible  location,  which 
was  laid  over  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  read  ; 
after  some  discussion,  it  was  rejected. 

A  petition  was  received  from  several  members  of  Putnam 
Lodge,  No.  46,  to  remove  from  Pomfret  to  Woodstock ;  after 
due  discussion,  it  was  voted  not  to  grant  the  petition. 

A  petition  was  received  from  sundry  members  of  Uriel  Lodge, 
No.  24,  Mansfield,  praying  for  liberty  to  remove  said  Lodge  to 
the  town  of  Tolland  ;  which  was  read,  and  continued  to  the 
the  next  annual  communication. 

The  appeal  of  Henry  Close,  from  the  action  of  L^nion  Lodge, 
No.  5,  Stamford,  by  which  he  was  expelled,  was  presented  and 
read  ;  whereupon,  it  was  ordered,  that  a  committee  of  three  be 
appointed  to  examine  the  proceedings  of  said  Lodge  with  re- 


1823.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  339 

gard  to  said  expulsion,  and  report  at  the  next  annual  commu- 
nication. Brs.  Robert  Fairchild,  Reuben  Booth  and  Benjamin 
Isaacs  were  appointed  on  said  committee. 

A  petition  from  several  members  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  was 
received,  praying  for  the  erection  of  a  new  Lodge  in  the  city  of 
New  Haven  ;  whereupon,  after  due  discussion,  it  was  voted, 
that  the  petition  be  granted,  and  a  charter  issued  accordingly, 
by  the  name  of  "  Adelphi  Lodge,  No.  63." 

A  petition  was  received  from  several  brethren  in  Fairfield  and 
vicinity,  praying  for  a  new  Lodge  to  be  located  in  the  village  of 
Saugatuck  ;  which  was  read,  and  continued  to  the  next  annual 
communication. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Brace,  the  following  resolution  was 
unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  presented  to  M.  W.  Lyman 
Law,  Past  Grand  Master,  for  the  ability,  faithfulness  and  impartiality  with  which 
he  has  uniformly  discharged  his  various  duties  while  an  officer  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  the  failure  of  duty  on  the  part 
of  Temple  Lodge,  No.  16,  Columbia,  No.  26,  Trinity,  No.  43, 
and  Franklin,  No.  5Q,  in  not  having  been  represented  at  the 
last  Grand  Communication.  Excuses  were  tendered  in  behalf 
of  Temple,  No.  16,  and  Columbia,  No.  26,  and  these  two  Lodges 
were  discharged  from  penalty. 

A  petition  was  presented  in  behalf  of  Bro.  Amaziah  Bray, 
Past  Master  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  43,  Killingworth,  with  va- 
rious certificates,  representing  his  destitute  situation  and  very 
low  state  of  health,  and  that  a  sea  voyage  was  deemed  indispen- 
sable to  his  recovery  ;  whereupon,  it  was  voted,  that  the  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  from  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Bro.  John  L.  Lewis,  of  Middletown,  to  be  paid  over 
to  Bro.  Amaziah  Bray,  whenever  he  shall  be  ready  to  prosecute 
a  sea  voyage  for  the  recovery  of  his  health. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication, 
to  revise  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
reported  the  following  : 


340  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

CONSTITUTION 

Of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

Article  1.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  consist  of  a  Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand 
Master,  Grand  Senior  Warden,  Grand  Junior  Warden,  Grand  Treasurer,  Grand 
Secretary,  Grand  Lecturer,  Grand  Senior  Deacon,  Grand  Junior  Deacon,  Grand 
Marshal,  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Sentinel  and  Grand  Tyler.  All  Past  Grand  Offi- 
cers while  remaining  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  all  Masters 
and  Wardens  of  subordinate  Lodges  within  the  same  jurisdiction,  for  the  time  be- 
ing, shall,  with  the  above  enumerated  Officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  be  th^  only 
members  thereof. 

Art.  2.  The  Masters  and  Wardens  of  subordinate  Lodges  shall  have  the  privi- 
lege of  constituting  proxies,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  to  attend  the  communications  thereof ;  at  which  said  proxies  shall  have 
the  same  powers  and  privileges  as  their  constituents. 

Art.  3.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  holden  once  in  every  year,  viz  ;  on  the  Wed- 
nesday succeeding  the  second  Thursday  in  May,  alternately,  first  at  New  Haven, 
and  then  at  Hartford,  at  2  o'clock  afternoon  on  said  day ;  but  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter for  the  time  being,  may  at  any  time  call  a  special  Grand  Lodge,  to  meet  at 
such  time  and  place  as  he  may  think  proper. 

Art.  4  The  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  at  each 
Grand  Annual  Communication,  a  majority  of  votes  constituting  a  choice,  except 
the  Grand  Senior  and  Grand  Junior  Deacons,  Grand  Marshal,  Grand  Chaplain, 
Grand  Sentinel  and  Grand  Tyler,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master. 

Art.  5.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  absence  of  the  acting  Grand  Mas- 
ter, the  next  Officer  in  rank,  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  act  in  his  place  and  stead, 
until  the  next  annual  election,  and  possess  all  the  powers  and  authority  of  Grand 
Master.  And  in  case  any  other  office  shall  become  vacant  by  death,  resignation, 
or  otherwise,  the  Grand  Master  for  the  time  being,  shall  fill  such  vacancy  by  his 
nomination. 

Art.  6.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  power  by  patent,  under  their  seal  and 
sign  manual  of  the  Grand  Master  for  the  time  being,  attested  by  their  Secretary, 
to  constitute  new  Lodges,  to  establish  an  uniform  mode  of  working  in  all  the 
Lodges  in  this  State,  and  to  superintend  and  regulate  the  general  police  of  Ma- 
sonry, according  to  the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  Masons;  carefully  regard- 
ing the  old  landmarks,  which  are  on  no  account  to  be  removed  or  defaced. 

Art.  7.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  power  to  make  such  By  Laws  for  their 
own  government  as  they  shall  think  proper. 

Art.  8.  The  Grand  Lodge  upon  granting  a  charter  to  a  newly  constituted  Lodge 
may  demand  such  reasonable  fees  as  they  shall  establish  by  their  By  Laws. 

Art.  9.  The  Territory  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  di- 
vided into  six  districts.  The  Lodges  in  the  County  of  Hartford  shall  constitute 
the  first  district.  Those  in  the  County  of  New  Haven,  and  those  in  the  County 
of  Middlesex,  on  the  west  side  of  Connecticut  River,  shall  constitute  the  second 
district.  Those  in  the  County  of  New  London,  and  those  in  the  County  of  Middle- 
sex, on  the  east  side  of  said  River,  shall  constitute  the  third  district.  Those  in 
the  Counties  of  Windham,  and  Tolland,  shall  constitute  the  fourth  district.     Those 


1823.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  341 

in  the  County  of  Litchfield,  shall  constitute  the  fifth  district ;  and  those  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield,  shall  constitute  the  sixth  district. 

Art.  10.  M.  W.  Grand  Master  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  D.  Grand  Mas- 
ter, Grand  Senior  and  Grand  Junior  Wardens,  and  Grand  Secretary,  shall  annual- 
ly appoint  a  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  for  each  of  the  aforesaid  Districts. 

Art.  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  D.  D.  Grand  Master  to  visit,  at  least  once 
in  a  j^ear,  all  the  Lodges  in  his  District,  examine  their  records  and  the  state  of 
their  funds,  their  Lodge  room  and  their  mode  of  work,  and  make  a  report  in 
writing  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next  Annual  Communication. 

Art.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Deputy  Grand  Master  to  inform  himself 
in  that  mode  of  work  and  lecturing  which  is  or  may  be  adopted  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  to  furnish  the  Officers  and  Brethren  of  the  Lodges  in  his  district, 
with  such  information  as  they  from  time  to  time  may  need. 

Art.  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  D.  D.  Grand  Master  to  thoroughly  inform 
himself  in  the  principles  of  the  government  of  Lodges  and  the  rules  to  be  ob- 
served at  funerals,  and  all  other  public  Assemblies  of  Masons,  and  on  all  public 
meetings  and  funerals  of  Masons  in  his  district ;  it  shall  be  his  duty,  on  receiv- 
ing due  notice,  to  attend.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  and  he  shall  have  power  to  pro- 
hibit all  unmasonic  practices  in  Lodges,  in  his  district,  and  on  the  refusal  of  any 
Lodge  to  comply  with  such  requisitions  as  he  is  empowered  to  make,  he  shall 
report  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Art.  14.  Each  D.  D.  Grand  Master  shall  be  refunded  from  the  Lodges  which  he 
visits,  the  money  which  he  shall  have  expended  by  visiting  them,  and  be  paid  by 
them  a  per  diem  allowance  not  to  exceed  two  dollars,  while  engaged  in  such  vis- 
its. He  shall  give  notice,  by  letter,  to  the  Secretaries  of  the  respective  Lodges  in 
his  district,  of  the  time  when  he  proposes  visiting  them. 

Art.  15.  Any  brother  who  shall  hereafter  receive  from  any  Lodge,  or  any  Mas- 
ter in  this  State,  any  compensation  for  Lecturing,  without  permission  in  writing 
from  the  D.  D.  Grand  Master  of  the  District  in  which  he  may  be,  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  vialating  the  laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  dealt  with  accordingly. 

BY-LAWS 

Of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Masters  and  Wardens  of  the  several  Lodges  in 
this  State,  to  give  their  punctual  attendance  at  the  communications  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  either  by  themselves  or  proxies — which  proxies  shall  be  Master  Masons, 
of  tlie  same  Lodges  as  their  constituents,  and  the  certificate  of  their  appointment, 
countersigned   by  the  Secretaries  of  their  respective  Lodges. 

2.  A  majority  of  the  members  present,  shall  determine  every  question ;  and 
the  presiding  officer  shall  hav»tlie  casting  vote.  And  any  motion  to  vote  by  bal- 
lot on  any  question,  being  supported  by  one-fourth  part  of  the  members  present, 
the  question  shall  be  taken.  No  vote  shall  be  reconsidered  by  a  smaller  number 
of  lodges  than  were  present  when  such  vote  passed. 

3.  Every  question  moved  and  seconded,  shall  be  put  by  the  chair  ;  and  no  new 
matter  shall  be  brought  forward  until  that  on  hand  shall  be  first  decided  upon. 
No  Brother  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  question,  unless  with  leave 


342  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

of  the  Grand  Master,  or  to  explain  himself.     The  Grand  Master  shall  determine 
all  questions  of  order. 

4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary  to  receive  all  monies  which  shall 
from  time  to  time  become  due  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  make  regular  entries  of  the 
same,  and  pay  them  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor; 
also  to  take  charge  of  the  archives,  and  keep  fair  records  of  all  the  transactions 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  he  shall  also  at  the  close  of  each  Grand  Communication, 
collect  and  arrange  their  proceedings,  cause  them  to  be  printed,  and  transmitted 
to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State  and  elsewhere,  as  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Master  shall  direct. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  to  receive  from  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary, all  monies  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  keep  regular  accounts  of  the  same; 
and  previous  to  the  close  of  every  yearly  communication,  a  conmiittee  shall  be 
appointed  to  examine  and  settle  his  accounts,  who  shall  report  at  the  next  annual 
Communication :  And  the  Grand  Treasurer  shall  pay  out  the  monies  by  him  re- 
ceived, to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  in  their  recess,  to  the  order  of  the 
Grand  Master. 

6.  No  new  Charter  shall  be  granted,  but  upon  the  petition  of  at  least  five 
known  and  approved  Master  Masons  ;  nor  shall  a  new  warrant  be  granted  to  any 
number  of  Masons  residing  within  less  than  ten  miles  of  the  usual  place  of  meet- 
ing of  any  regularly  established  Lodge,  unless  by  special  dispensation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  ;  and  the  petition  shall  contain  the  causes  which  render  it  expedient 
that  such  Charter  should  be  granted,  with  the  nomination  of  the  Master  and 
Wardens ;  the  petition  being  approved  by  some  regularly  constituted  Lodge  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  petitioners.  Every  Lodge  shall  pay  for  a  Charter  before  de- 
livery, the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars ;  and  to  the  Grand  Secretary  for  registering  and 
fixing  the  seal,  the  sum  of  five  dollars. 

7.  All  appeals  from  the  decision  of  any  private  Lodge  shall  be  made  in  writing 
and  left  with  the  Grand  Secretary  ;  and  the  appellant  shall  give  the  other  party 
one  month  notice  thereof.  All  appeals,  letters,  &c.,  shall  be  read  in  Grand 
Lodge,  but  first  handed  to  the  chair. 

8.  Any  member  excluded  the  Grand  Communication,  shall  be  excluded  every 
Lodge  under  its  jurisdiction,  until  restored  by  the  Grand  Lodge ;  of  this,  the 
Grand  Secretary  shall  notify  every  Lodge. 

9.  Upon  the  demise  of  any  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge  shall,  within  six  months  after- 
wards, surrender  to  the  Grand  Secretary  the  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds  and 
furniture  of  such  Lodge. 

10.  Each  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  demand  and  re- 
ceive into  the  treasury  of  the  same,  for  entering,  passing  and  raising  each  brother, 
not  less  than  the  following  sums,  viz :  entering  each  Apprentice,  ten  dollars ; 
passing  each  Apprentice  to  the  degree  of  Fellow  Craft,  two  dollars;  raising  each 
Fellow  Craft  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  three  dollars. 

11.  Each  subordinate  Lodge  shall  transmit  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  at  the  an- 
nual communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  regular  returns  of  their  newly  admitted 
members,  that  such  members  may  be  added  to  the  rolls  of  their  respective  Lodges, 
and  also  a  return  of  the  officers  chosen,  together  with  all  rejections,  suspensions. 


1823.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  343 

and  expulsions  ;  which  returns  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Grand 
Secretary,  and  any  Lodge  neglecting  to  make  such  returns,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
into  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  neglect;  and 
if  there  has  been  no  one  initiated,  passed,  raised,  expelled,  suspended  or  rejected, 
these  facts  are  also  to  be  returned  or  certified. 

12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  to  attend  each 
yearly  communication,  either  by  one  or  more  of  their  officers,  or  proxies  by  them 
appointed;  and  every  Lodge  which  shall  neglect  so  to  attend,  shall  incur  the 
penalty  of  eight  dollars,  for  each  neglect,  to  be  paid  into  the  stock  of  the  Grand 
Lodge ;  provided,  that  no  reason,  satisfactory  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next 
communication,  shall  be  given  for  their  non-attendance. 

13.  When  any  Lodge  shall  have  incurred  a  penalty  by  the  breach  of  any  B)'- 
Law  or  Ordinance  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary 
to  inform  the  Master  of  said  Lodge  that  such  penalty  is  incurred,  and  in  case  the 
same  be  not  paid  to  the  Grand  Secretary  before  the  next  Grand  Communication, 
it  shall  then  be  his  duty  to  report  such  negligent  Lodge  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

14.  No  candidate  shall  be  initiated,  no  Entered  Apprentice  passed  to  the  de- 
gree of  Fellow  Craft,  or  Fellow  Craft  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Ma- 
son, in  a  different  Lodge  from  that  within  whose  limits  he  actually  resides,  with- 
out a  concurrence  of  the  Lodge  within  whose  limits  he  so  resides,  or  in  which  he 
was  so  initiated  or  passed,  first  had  and  obtained ;  which  concurrence  shall  be 
signified  by  ballot,  in  the  same  way  as  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate;  and 
every  Lodge  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to 
the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  every  such  offence,  and  to  the 
Lodge  against  which  the  offence  is  committed,  the  amount  of  fees  received  for  so 
initiating,  passing  or  raising,  as  a  penalty  for  their  doings. 

15.  No  member  of  any  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  who  hath  not  received 
the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  shall  propose  to  such  Lodge  any  candidate 
for  admission  into  Masonry ;  and  that  none  be  admitted  but  by  unanimous  ballot. 

16.  Every  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  shall  hereafter  pay  into  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  one  dollar  upon  each  initiation  into  such  Lodge. 

17.  No  brother  shall  be  admitted  into  the  Grand  Lodge,  except  he  be  a  mem- 
ber thereof,  or  a  brother  who  is  a  petitioner,  or  a  witness  in  some  cause,  or  in- 
vited in  by  the  Grand  Master  or  presiding  officer. 

18.  All  persons  attending  Grand  Lodge  as  members  thereof,  shall  leave  their 
names  with  the  Grand  Secretary  at  the  Lodge  Room  between  the  hours  of  nine 
and  twelve  A.  M.,  on  the  day  of  each  annual  communication  ;  and  those  who  ap- 
pear as  proxies  shall  Lodge  the  certificate  of  their  appointment  with  the  Grand 
Secretary,  within  the  same  period.  The  annual  returns  from  the  respective 
Lodges  to  be  made  pursuant  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  exhib- 
ited to  the  Grand  Secretary,  and  the  dues  paid,  within  the  hours  aforesaid. 

19.  The  Secretary  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  receive  annually,  from  the  funds 
thereof,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  as  a  compensation  for  his  services  in  discharging 
the  ordinary  duties  of  that  office. 

Respectfully  submitted,  R.  I.  IN6ERS0LL, ) 

LABAN  SMITH,      }  Ccmmittee. 
WM.  H.  JONES,      ) 


344  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [M^y, 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  consideration  of  the  above 
report  be  continued  to  the  next  annual  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  cause  the  same  to 
be  printed  and  transmitted  to  the  several  subordinate  Lodges  in 
this  State. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  in  the  town  of  Winchester, 
praying  for  a  new  Lodge,  to  be  located  in  the  parish  of  Win- 
sted,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  Grand  Communica- 
tion, was  taken  up,  considered  and  granted,  on  condition  that 
the  limits  of  said  Lodge  shall  not  include  the  town  of  Cole- 
brook.  The  new  Lodge  is  to  be  known  and  designated  as  "  St. 
Andrew's,  No.  64." 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
oifered  by  the  Rev,  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


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RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — William  H.  Jones,  W.  M.,  Hector  Humphreys,  S. 
W.,  Nahum  Flagg,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sebastian  M.  Button,  Colin  McCrea,  John  C.  Hedenberg,  Charles  J. 
Allen,  John  Cannon,  George  B.  Granniss,  Rev.  Charles  S.  Stewart,  Rev.  Isaac 
Bird,  Leonard  Bradley,  Curtis  M.  Doolittle.  Admitted — Rev.  Benjamin  M.  Hill. 
Suspended — Philip  Salisbury.     Expelled — Orrin  G.  Winchell. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Lysander  Wells,  W.  M.,  George  W.  Bull,  S. 
W.,  Horace  Clark,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Elihu  Sears,  Charles  Dyer.  John  Deming,  Rev.  Edward  J.  Ives, 
William  Stocking,  Jacob  Roberts.  Admitted — Rev.  Thomas  De  Verell.  Ex- 
pelled— Rev.  Thomas  De  Verell. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport^Samuel  Stratton,  W.  M.,  Charles  Foote,  S.  W., 
Seymour  Whiting.  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  A.  Bennett,  Nathan  W.  Burritt,  William  H.  Nichols,  George 
Finch,  George  W.  Lewis,  William  Hanford. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— James  M.  Goodrich,  W.  M.,  George  Putnam,  S. 
W.,  Denison  Morgan,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Phineas  Talcott,  Lemuel  Humphrey,  Josephus  Granger,  Hezekiah 
Seymour,  William  Warral,  Elisha  Peck,  Henry  Barnard,  William  Seymour,  Wm. 
I.  Lee,  Orrin  Smith. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— John  W.  Leeds,  W.  M.,  William  Wilmot,  S.  W., 
Sands  Adams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ebenezer  Weed,  William  Leeds,  Joseph  White,  Gabriel  W.  Fowler, 
Moses  H.  Knapp,  Isaac  Quintard.  Jr.,  James  Webb,  Rufus  Hoyt,  Morehouse 
Adams.     Admitted — Rufus  Lockwood.     Expelled — Henry  Close. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Joseph  Keeler,  W.  M.,  John  Mallory,  S.  W., 
Nathan  Camp,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Moses  B.  Dikeman,  Ralph  Hoyt,  Francis  L.  Hedenberg,  Talcott 
Banks,  William  B.  Nash,  Edwin  Hoyt,  Giles  Thompson,  Amzi  Camp,  Samuel  W. 
Knapp,  William  Bryan,  Alfred  A.  HoUey,  Justus  Thompson. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— William  Hecock,  W.  M.,  Garry  H. 
Wheeler,  S.  W.,  Benjamin  Doolittle,  J.  W. 

Initiated— George  Miller,  Nelson  L.  Hurd,  Russell  Daily,  Washington  H.  At- 
wood,  Chauncey  B.  Foot,  Edward  Hinman. 

44 


346  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.  W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild.  J.  W. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Lyman  Parker,  W.  M.,  Constant  Kirtland,  S, 
W.,  Eiisha  M.  Pomeroy,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Marcus  C.  Scarrit,  Charles  E.  Button,  Medad  W.  Munson.  Admit- 
ted— Charles  Miller,  Randall  Cook. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— George  Way,  AV.  M.,  Amherst  D.  Scovill,  S. 
W.,  Frederick  Morgan,  J.  W. 
Initiated — three. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— James  Winship,  W.  M.,  Phineas  Lord,  S.  W., 
Samuel  Buel,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Asa  H.  Bolles,  Ithamar  Ferris,  Alfred  Brooks,  Oliver  S.  Wolcott. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Jeremiah  French,  W.  M.,  Henry  Downs,  S.  W., 
George  Blackraan,  J.  W. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  13,  Salisbury- John  Griswold,  W.  M.,  David  Scovil,  S.  W., 
Kiel  Rowly,  J.  W. 

Initiated— \Jv\s\i  Turner,  Heraan  Daucby,  Henry  Belcher,  Edwin  Dauchy, 
James  Woodworth,  Alexander  Belcher,  Charles  Patterson,  George  L.  Weed,  Wm. 
D.  Black,  Isaac  T.  Hollister,  Jefferson  B.  Bingham,  Seneca  Pettee,  Ezra  M.  Rees. 
Admitted— io\m  Barnes,  Erastus  Pardee,  Jasper  W.  Peet.  Expelled— B-iTaxa. 
Bloss,  Jacob  D.  Crossman. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— John  Mix,  W.  M.,  George  Norton,  S.  W., 
Allen  Woodruff,  J.  W, 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Uriah  Fuller,  W.  M.,  Horatio  G.  Hudson,  S.  W., 
David  C.  Bolles,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Jj\m&n  Spaulding,  John  S.  Stranahan,  Stephen  Lorally,  Benjamin 
Walker,  Thomas  Cleaveland,  C.  W.  Holmes,  John  Eldridge. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton,  W.  M.,  Stephen  Jarvis,  S.  W., 
Elnathan  Beach,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Samuel  H.  Judd,  W.  M.,  Isaac  B.  Castle,  S.  W., 
William  Lockwood,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Stephen  Seymour,  Jonathan  B.  Hart,  Daniel  Lee,  Horace  Wilcox, 
Calvin  Chapman,  Edward  Seymour,  Ozias  Peck,  Elias  Upson,  James  Hitchcock, 
Charles  Lockwood,  Hiram  French,  Gardner  Curtis. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Wheeler  Fairchild,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Blackman,  S.  W., 
Squire  Dibble,  J.  W. 

Initiated — two. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Huntington— Agur  Lewis,  W.  M.,  David  Wheeler,  S. 
W.,  Lucius  Curtiss,  J.  W. 

Initiated— ^diwm  Shelton,  Lucius  Booth,  Andrew  Shelton,  Jr.,  Algernon  S. 
Jones,  David  Rowel,  Samuel  Burritt. 


1823.]  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  347 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Oirin  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Moses  W.  Beckley,  S.  W., 
Abi.jah  Flagg,  J.  W. 

Initiated— John  S.  Hotclikiss,  Lorenzo  P.  Lee,  R.  S.  Cornwall. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford— Clark  Hine,  W.  M.,  Edward  Hunt,  S.  "W., 
Eli  Mygatt,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Joel  Morehouse,  Pierce  Mahaw,  Eli  C.  Northrop,  William  A.  Black- 
ney,  Charles  A.  Randall.     Restored — David  Williams. 

HART^S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— Reuben  Judd,  W.  M.,  Jehiel  Castle,  S.  W.,  Na- 
than Nettleton,  J.  W. 

Initiated— EWYiw.  Hitchcock,  Reuben  L.  Judd,  Martin  Lounsbury,  Belus  Louns- 
bury. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston — Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Jesse  Starkweather, 
S.  W.,  Thomas  Prentice,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Grant,  John  Bowen,  Moses  Underwood,  George  Bassett,  Sam'l 
H.  Prentice. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— John  Fitch,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Brigham,  S.  W.,  Charles 
Brigham,  J.  W, 

Initiated — Noah  Smith,  Rufus  B.  Chamberlain,  Lucius  Abbott,  Joseph  Conant, 
Dexter  M.  Leonard,  Archibald  Starkweather.  Admitted — John  Fitch,  Elijah  A. 
Fenton. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Marvin  Dayton,  W.  M.,  Henry  Dayton,  S, 
W.,  Oliver  Briment,  J.  W. 
Initiated — George  W.  Ball. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— James  Gladding,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Kelsey,  S. 
W.,  Willard  Gladding,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  B.  Boyd,  Truman  Collins,  Russel  Gladding,  Gideon  Glading, 
Smith  Clark,  David  B.  Ventres,  Ezekiel  S.  Clark,  Jonathan  Arnold,  Arnold  H. 
Hayden,  Rev.  Calvin  Brainard,  Davis  Smith,  Elias  Selden,  Henry  Tarbox,  John 
Butler,  George  Burr,  Noah  Clark,  Jr.,  Darius  Dickinson,  Franklin  Hedge,  Joseph 
Shailer,  Judah  S.  Mitchell,  Austin  Brainard.  Admitted — Heber  Brainard,  2d, 
Expelled — Linus  Parmelee,  Jr.,  Jedediah  Chapman. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  W.  M.,  Ely  Piatt,  S. 
W.,  Stiles  Titus,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Marvin  Wheton,  Joel  Bishop,  Homer  Camp,  Joseph  A.  Clark. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Jabez  Collins,  W.  M.,  William  Par- 
sons, S.  W.,  David  Parsons,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Philip  McEroy,  Wadsworth  Harrison,  Horace  Metcalf,  Gilbert  Allen, 
Heber  Pease,  Horace  Filley,  Chester  Chapman,  Miran  H.  Morgan,  Ebenezer  Pia- 
ney,  Sidney  Grant.  Sanford  Grant,  Salathial  Chapman. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Decius  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Orrin  B.  Freeman,  S. 
W.,  Ansel  Humphrey,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Correll  Humphreys,  Frederick  Humphreys,  Flavel  B.  Graham,  Isaac 
P.  Humphreys,  Timothy  Case,  Austin  N.  Humphreys,  Elias  Woodfort. 


348  GEAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.  M.,  Joseph  C.  Burk,  S.  W., 
Jared  Bassett,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiram  Sanderson,  Ozem  Johnson,  Oreb  Turner. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Samuel  Green,  W.  M.,  John  French,  S.  W., 
Charles  Butler,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Frederick  A.  Miner,  Amasa  Miller,  Jr.,  Allen  H.  Tucker,  John  W. 
Haughton,  Christopher  Manwarring,  Simeo'n  Francis.  Admitted — John  W.  Doug- 
lass, Robert  Comstock. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Sherman  Hartwell,  W.  M.,  Adoniram  Car- 
ter, S.  W.,  Robert  Hoyt,  J.  W. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Martin  Cook,  W.  M.,  Levi  Parker,  S.  W., 
Alpheus  Brocket.  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ira  Ames,  John  E.  Jones. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— William  P.  Eaton,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Hutchins, 
S.  W.,  Frederick  Prentice,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Dunham,  John  H.  Grace,  Albemarle  H.  Washburn,  Henry 
Jewett,  Elijah  W.  Curtis,  William  Smith,  Samuel  H.  Cutler.  Admitted — James 
Williams,  Benjamin  W.  Davidson. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— William  Marks,  W.  M.,  William  C.  Abernathy, 
S.  W.,  Guy  R.  Sanford,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Oliver  Pettibone,  James  Butler. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— James  0.  Pond,  W.  M.,  Selah  A.  Bacon,  S.  W., 
Joseph  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Garry  C.  Reed,  Erastus  Phelps,  Jared  B.  Benton,  Erastus  Holcomb, 
George  C.  Owen. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Jeremiah  W.  Phelps,  W.  M.,  Benjamin 
Welch,  S.  W.,  Earl  Pease,  J.  W. 
Initiated — five. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Merrit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
Simeon  Leete  J.  W. 

Initiated — Asa  Crocker,  John  Foote,  Lorren  D.  Hasly,  Harry  Scranton,  Lyman 
Frisbie.  Admitted — William  Tyler,  Edward  Palmer,  John  Potter.  Suspended — 
Ebenezer  Hopson. 

ARK,  No.  39,  AVeston— Abiel  K.  Botsford,  AV.  M.,  Edward  Couch,  S.  W.,  Ira 
Baldwin,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Judson  Winton,  Uriah  Gray,  Robert  Turney. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  B.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  Gideon  H.  Osborn,  S.  W., 
John  Gregory,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Martin  Mead,  Almon  Barnuni,  John  Foot,  Joseph  Bodwell.  Ad- 
mitted— Eliud  Taylor.     Expelled — Eli  Green,  Ira  Hodges. 

FEDERAL,  No.  47,  Brookfield— Daniel  Holly,  W.  M..  Charles  Jones,  S.  W., 
Zalmon  Goodsel,  J.  W. 

Admitted — William  Meeker. 


1823.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  349 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Elias  Ford,  W.  M.,  Augustus  Beebe,  S.  W., 
Harvey  Judcl,  J.  W. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Thomas  Clark  W.  M.,  William  Webb,  S. 
W.,  Vine  Hovey,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Jabez  L.  Gumming,  Jabez  Rockwell,  Albert  A.  Badger,  Christopher 
T.  Huntington,  Thomas  Brown,  Rev.  Cornelius  B.  Everest,  Nathan  Brown.  John 
York,  Justin  Swift,  Caleb  Howard,  Thomas  Gray,  Nathan  Fuller,  Jr.,  William 
Wattles,  Chester  Hunt,  Charles  Billings,  Samuel  Manning,  Eliphalet  Brown,  Eras- 
tus  Smith,  Shubael  Strong,  Hervey  Payne,  Azariah  Prior,  Lester  Ford,  Rev,  Elias 
Sharp,  Horace  Dunlap.     Admitted — John  Cleaveland. 

PYTHAGORAS,  No.  45,  Lyme— Ebenezer  Brockway,  W.  M. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Asa  May,  W.  M.,  Andrew  A.  Williams,  S.  W., 
Ezra  Child,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ebenezer  Paine,  William  A.  Scarborough,  Asa  Lyon,  R.  Wheaton, 
Jr.,  Calvin  LefRngwell,  Horace  N.  Child,  Patrick  Carpenter,  Erastus  Sumner, 
Hubbard  A.  Reed,  Nathaniel  Child,  Pelatiah  Wight,  Daniel  Child,  George  John- 
son, Erastus  Spaulding.     Suspended — Benjamin  Dexter,  Aaron  Child. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Samuel  Wire,  W.  M.,  Chauncey  M.  Hatch, 
S.W.,  David  M.  Clark,  .J.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  Bradley,  Horace  Candee,  Ira  R.  Smith,  David  Candee, 
Erastus  Smith,  Henry  C.  Atwood. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Zachariah  Winegar,  W.  M.,  Philo  Mills,  S.  W., 
Wells  Beardsley,  J.  W. 

Initiated. — Jonathan  G.  Fuller,  Elijah  Barton,  Jonas  N.  Stone. 

JERUSALEM,  No.'  49,  Ridgefield— Philip  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Czar  Jones,  S.  W., 
Stephen  Olmstead,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Chauncey  Burgess,  W.  M.,  Edwin  M.  Hollister, 
S.  W.,  Cyrus  Mann,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Eli  Bishop.  Sanluel  0.  Hollister,  Chester  C.  Strickland,  Alfred  Birge, 
Sherman  McLane,  Nelson  Hutchinson.     Expelled — Jacob  Loomis. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Ansel  Coats,  W.  M.,  Charles  0. 
Avery,  S.  W.,  Thomas  P.  Wattles,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  P.  Wattles,  Augustus  L.  Babcock,  Cyrus  W.  Avery,  Enoch 
K.  Matson.     Admitted — Henry  N.  Burdick.     Expelled — Christopher  Dewey. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Frederick  J.  Fenn,  W.  M.,  Chesterfield  King, 
S.  W.,  William  Case,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  B.  Clark,  David  Thompson,  Reuben  Chapman,  Jr.,  Henry 
Pierce,  Abijah  Painter,  Warner  Lake,  Albert  Roberts,  Edwin  Monson,  Charles  L, 
Prindle,  Jesse  Akley,  Lewis  Allen,  Jesse  Belew.  Admitted — D.  F.  Reynolds, 
Frederick  J.  Fenn. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Aaron  Smith,  W.  M.,  George  0.  Jarvis,  3,  W., 
Luman  Hinman,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alvin  Loomis. 


350  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^7, 

FRANKLIN,  No.5G,  Bristol— Orra  Martin,  AV.  M.,  Josiah  Read,  S.  W.,  Charles 
Byington,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Osee  Talmadge,  Asahel  B.  Carrington,  Eber  J.  Hart,  Rev.  Isaac 
Merriam,  John  S.  Mitchell,  Romanta  Hart. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington  Borough — Francis  Amy,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Faxon, 
Jr.,  S.  W.,  John  Kirhy,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Benjamin  S.  Cutler,  Luther  Fuller,  Nehemiah  Mason,  Charles  T. 
Stanton,  William  Leeds,  Uriah  H.  Dudley,  Nehemiah  M.  Gallup,  Joshua  B.  West, 
John  H.  Cutler.     Admitted — James  P.  Sheffield. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkharasted— Jabin  Ford,  WjM.,  Amos  Beecher, 
Jr.,  S.  W.,  Jesse  Ives,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiram  Sanford,  Lester  Edgerton,  Andrew  Dimock,  Beach  N.  Baker, 
Hermon  Kimball,  George  Foot,  James  S.  Lee,  Seneca  Cone,  Harlow  Merrell. 
Harry  Seymour,  Sylvanus  Moore,  Norman  Kellogg,  Daniel  Mills,  Reuben  White, 
Ira  T.  Robbins,  Augustus  Baldwin,  Aaron  P.  Rice,  Orrin  Case,  Calvin  Wilder, 
Chauncey  Mix,  Jr.,  Calvin  Burt,  Chauncey  Munson.  Admitted — Samuel  Skinner, 
Averit  Wilcox.     Expelled — Lora  Alford. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Andrew  Denison,  W.  M.,  Barlow  Rose,  S.  W., 
Curtis  Rose,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sherman  Johnson,  Friend  Kellogg.  Israel  Harmon,  Jr.,  Chas.  Brown. 
Admitted — Isaac  K.  Graham. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Benning  Mann,  W.  M.,  William  Field,  S.  W., 
Richard  Stroud,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ariel  Ladd,  Luther  Eaton,  Solomon  L.  Griggs,  Moore  Eddy,  Elam 
Stimpson,  Charles  S.  Thompson,  Eber  West,  Anson  Spelman,  David  Clark,  Jr. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen— Timothy  Collins,  W.  M.,  Truman  Star,  S. 
W.,  Guy  Wadhams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiram  Norton,  Chester  Markham,  Eben  N.  Thompson,  Isaac  Cran- 
dall,  Alexander  Morton,  Jr.     Admitted — Jesse  Gleason,  John  Cook. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Shubael  Griswold,  W.  M.,  Martin  Stanley, 
S.  W.,  Henry  Phelps,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Horace  Wolcott,  Ralph  Pitkin,  Levi  Stewart,  Edwin  P.  Harrington, 
Qurdon  Fox,  Levi  Wells,  Ephraira  Wolcott,  Jr. 


1824.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  351 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1824. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
held  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  12th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1824,  A.  L.  5824: 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  RALPH  I.  INGERSOLL,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ELIZUR  GOODRICH,  Jr.,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       DANIEL  B.  BRINSMADE,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"      THOMAS  K.  BRACE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
V/ILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
JEREMY  L.  CROSS,  Grand  Lecturer. 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 
DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — James  Carrington,  Charles  A.  In- 
gersoll,  James  C.  Parker. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — John  L.  Lewis. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — William  Peet. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — George  Putnam. 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Simeon  H.  Miner,  William  Wilmot, 
John  W.  Leeds. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Stephen  Smith,  Henry  Selleck, 
Philo  Price. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Rev.  Ashhel  Baldwin. 

No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Lyman  Parker,  Caleh  Cook. 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — John  R.  Watrous,  Asa  Bigelow, 
Samuel  H.  Fox. 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — David  Marsh,  Samuel  Buel,  Jo- 
seph Adams. 


352  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^aj, 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Samuel  French. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbmy — John  Barney,  Luther  Ticknor. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — John  Mix. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — John  Buckingham. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Wheeler  Fairchild. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Cyrus  H.  Beardsley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Abijah  Flagg. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Samuel  Canfield. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Erastus  Williams. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Stephen  Brigham,  Cordial  Newcomb. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Wm.  Webb. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam — Richard  Lord. 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Daniel  B.  Brinsmade. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Benjamin  Weed. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Jacob  Whiting,  Joseph  C.  Burke. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — John  French. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Martin  Cook,  Ralph  Pearl. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Wm.  P.  Eaton,  David  Tracy,  Asa 

Child. 
No.  '65,  Aurora,  Harwinton — William  Marks. 
No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby— James  0.  Pond. 
No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford— Merit  Foot,  Calvin  Frisbie,  Ta- 

bour  Smith. 
No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — John  B.  Merrit,  Sturges  Fanton. 
No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Reuben  Booth,  Samuel  T.  Barnum, 
No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Andrew  Adams,  Israel  Coe. 
No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Thomas  Gray. 
No.  45,  Pythagoras,  Lyme — Samuel  B.  Mather. 
No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,   Thomas 

Hubbard,  Darius  Matthewsou. 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Chauncey  M.  Hatch,  David  M. 

Clark,  Treat  Bradley. 
No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent — Nathaniel  P.  Periy. 
No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — Wm.  Hawley. 
No,  50,  Warren,  Andover — Hiram  Haughton. 


1824.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  353 

No.  51,  Wairen,  Chatham — Samuel  Simons,  Nathaniel  Mark- 
ham. 

No.  52,  Mount  Olive,  Saybrook — Wm.  Lynde. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Ansel  Coates,  Thos. 
T.  Welles. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Aaron  Smith,  James  M.  Boyd. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Gurdon  Trumbull. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Amos  Beecher,  Jr. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — Andrew  Denison. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Benning  Mann,  Wm.  Field. 

No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Timothy  Collins,  Peter  Bierce. 

No.  62,  Orient,  East  Hartford — Lemuel  White. 

No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Wm.  H.  Jones,  Wm.  W.  Board- 
man,  Nahum  Flagg. 

No.  64,  St.  Andrew's,  Winsted — John  Boyd. 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  a  solemn  address  to  the  Throne  of  Grace,  by  the  Grand 
Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of 
Masonry,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  Grand  Master. 

R,  W.  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"        Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"        James  Carrington,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"        Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

"       James  M.  Goodwin,  Senior  Grand  Deacon, 

"        John  French,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  Menzies  Rayner,  Grand  Chaplain. 

Bro.   Augustus  Andrus,  Grand  Tyler. 

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354  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  petition  of  members  of  Uriel  Lodge,  No.  24,  Mansfield, 
praying  for  liberty  to  remove  said  Lodge  to  Tolland,  which  was 
laid  over  from  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  withdrawn 
at  the  request  of  the  petitioners,  and  by  permission  of  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
on  the  appeal  of  Heury  Close,  to  examine  the  proceedings  of 
Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  with  regard  to  his  expulsion,  made  the 
following  report  : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  to  whom  was  referred  the  appeal  of  Bro.  Henry  Close,  who 
had  been  expelled,  by  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  Stamford,  have  attended  to  the  duties 
of  their  said  appointment,  and  would  respectfully  report, — 

That  having  previously  notified  the  parties  of  the  time  and  place  of  their  meet- 
ing, the  Committee  met  at  the  Masonic  Hall  in  Stamford,  on  the  third  day  of 
September,.  A.  L.  5823,  when  the  said  Henry  Close  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Mas- 
ter and  other  Members  of  said  Union  Lodge  on  the  other  pari,  appeared  and  were 
fully  heard  with  their  evidence  and  arguments  on  the  matters  referred  to  the 
Committee ;  and  on  such  hearing,  the  Committee  find,  that  in  October,  A.  L. 
5822,  said  Union  Lodge  preferred  certain  charges  against  said  Close,  then  a  mem- 
ber of  said  Lodge,  in  the  words  following,  viz  : 

1.  That  he  having  been  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge  for  most  of  the  time  for  six 
years  past  or  more,  and  having  received  monies  belonging  to  said  Lodge,  has  re- 
fused to  account  therefor,  and  still  retains  in  his  hands  of  the  moneys  of  said 
Lodge,  the  sum  of  300  dollars,  or  thereabouts. 

2.  That  on  a  certain  occasion,  when  the  Committee  appointed  on  the  part  of 
the  Lodge  to  settle  with  him  as  Treasurer,  called  on  him  pursuant  to  their  ap- 
pointment, he  declared  to  the  said  Committee  that  the  members  of  said  Lodge 
were  all  damned  rascals,  and  he  would  have  nothing  to  do  with  them. 

3.  That  on  another  occasion,  after  he  and  the  said  Lodge,  had  agreed  upon 
certain  members  of  said  Lodge,  as  arbitrators  to  settle  tlie  differences  between 
said  Lodge  and  him,  as  Treasurer,  and  when  said  arbitrators  had  met  to  attend 
to  said  business,  the  said  Brother  Close  refused  to  do  anything  about  the  busi- 
ness, if  Brother  Peter  Brown,  who  had  been  appointed  by  said  Lodge  as  agent 
to  attend  with  proofs,  &c.  on  behalf  of  the  Lodge,  and  who  was  present  for  that 
purpose,  should  be  permitted  to  be  jjresent. 

And  the  said  Close,  having  been  cited  to  appear  before  said  Lodge  and  answer 
to  said  charges,  was  tried  upon  them  by  said  Lodge  on  the  25th  of  December, 
A.  L.  5822 ;  and  on  the  question  whether  he  should  be  expelled  therefrom,  a  vote 
by  ballot  was  then  taken  in  said  Lodge,  which,  including  the  vote  of  the  Master 
thereof,  stood  nine  in  the  affirmative  and  nine  in  the  negative.  This  state  of  the 
ballot  being  declared  by  said  Master,  without  any  further  declaration  as  to  the 
effect  of  the  vote,  immediately  afterwards  it  was  moved  and  voted  that  the  case 
should  bo  continued  to  the  nest  regular  Lodge,  to  be  held  on  the  22d  of  January 


1824.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  355 

following,  and  that  the  said  Close  be  notified  thereof,  and  that  another  trial  by 
ballot  on  the  same  charges  would  then  be  had  ; — And  on  the  said  22d  of  Jan- 
uary, A.  L.  5823,  a  vote  of  said  Lodge  was  again  called  for  and  taken  on  the  same 
question  and  on  said  original  charges,  when  the  ballots  stood  24  for  expulsion 
and  11  against  it. 

The  Committee  further  find  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  members  of  said 
Lodge,  amounting  to  nearly  one  half  of  the  whole  number,  were  not  notified  to 
attend,  and  did  not  attend  either  of  said  two  meetings  of  said  Union  Lodge. 

Upon  these  facts,  which  were  satisfactorily  proved,  and  not  controverted,  the 
Committee  are  of  opinion  that  the  vote  and  proceedings  of  said  Lodge  on  said 
2uth  of  December,  were  irregular  and  void  :  first,  because  it  is  an  established 
principle  and  rule  of  right,  recognized  by  all  Masons,  from  which  no  deviation 
is  justifiable,  that  before  a  member  can  be  expelled  from  any  Lodge,  every  mem- 
ber within  the  limits  thereof  must  be  specially  notified  of  the  time,  place  and 
object  of  the  meeting,  at  which  the  question  of  expulsion  is  to  be  tried  and  de- 
cided ;  and  secondly,  because,  even  if  the  notice  to  the  members  of  said  Lodge 
had  been  universal,  yet  as  tlie  ballots  in  this  case  were  equally  divided,  9  for  and 
9  against  expulsion,  the  vote  was  not  to  expel  said  Close,  and  ought  so  to  have 
been  declared  by  the  Master  of  said  Lodge, — when  all  proceedings  on  said  com- 
plaint and  charges  should  have  ceased ;  and  said  Close  did  of  right  remain  a 
member  of  said  Lodge,  as  if  no  charges  liad  been  laid  against  him,  and  could 
not,  according  to  the  Laws  of  Masonry,  be  tried  again  until  after  new  proceed- 
ings or  complaint  should  have  been  instituted  against  him,  and  the  members  of 
said  Lodge  notified  thereof  as  aforesaid.  But  as  no  such  new  complaint  was  ever 
brought  against  said  Close,  and  no  such  notice  ever  given,  it  follows,  as  a  nec- 
essary consequence  (if  tlie  Committee  are  right  in  their  opinion  as  to  the  effect 
of  the  first  trial  by  ballot,  where  the  votes  were  equally  balanced)  that  the  sec- 
ond vote  on  the  question  of  expulsion  in  January,  5823,  was  also  irregular  and 
void. 

Although  no  doubt  is  entertained  by  the  Committe  of  the  correctness  of  their 
opinion  now  given,  yet  they  are  well  satisfied  that  no  unfairness  or  improper 
views  are  imputable  to  said  Lodge,  or  their  Master,  for  omitting  to  declare  the 
true  effect  of  the  vote  on  the  first  ballot,  and  to  give  special  notice  to  all  the  mem- 
bers of  said  Lodge  as  before  stated,  being  convinced  that  these  omissions  hap- 
pened through  mistake  or  inadvertence. 

For  some  time  previous  to  the  proceedings  of  said  Union  Lodge  above  detail- 
ed, there  had  existed  an  unpleasant  controversy  between  the  parties  relative 
to  the  amount  of  funds  belonging  to  said  Lodge,  in  the  hands  of  said  Close,  as 
Treasurer.  This  dispute  regarding  the  funds  was,  by  mutual  consent  of  the  par- 
ties, investigated  before  the  Committee,  for  the  jDurpose  of  enabling  them  to 
comprehend  the  origin  and  real  ground  of  the  complaint  and  proceedings  against 
said  Close,  when  it  appeared  that  in  August  or  September,  5822,  the  parties  sub- 
mitted their  case  to  two  respectable  members  of  said  Lodge,  as  arbitrators,  and 
that  on  the  16th  of  said  September,  said  arbitrators  made  up  their  award,  find- 
ing a  balance  due  from  said  Close  to  said  Lodge  of  $13.61,  which  sum  the  said 
Close  offered  to  pay.  This  award  was  objected  to  and  rejected  by  said  Lodge, 
oa  the  ground  that  the  real  balance  duo  from  said  Close  was  about  three  bun- 


356  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

dred  dollars,  and  that  their  agent  appointed  by  them  for  the  purpose,  was  not 
permitted  to  attend  and  be  heard  in  behalf  of  said  Lodge  on  the  matters  so  sub- 
mitted. And  the  arbitrators  made  no  objection  to  his  appearing,  but  the  said 
Close  did  object,  and  refused  to  exhibit  his  accounts,  or  to  have  anything  done 
regarding  them,  while  said  agent  should  be  present,  and  ordered  him  out  of  the 
house.  On  which  said  agent,  being  at  the  dwelling  house  of  said  Close,  retired 
and  left  said  arbitrators,  delivering  to  then>,  however,  a  written  statement  rela- 
tive to  said  dispute ;  and  said  arbitrators  then  proceeded,  in  the  absence  of  said 
agent,  to  examine  said  accounts  and  make  up  their  award  as  aforesaid  ;  and 
neither  said  Lodge,  nor  their  agent  ever  saw  said  accounts  of  said  Close,  and 
never  had  any  opportunity  to  examine  or  object  to  the  same,  until  said  award  was 
presented  to  said  Lodge  as  above  stated. 

The  committee  deem  it  improper  for  them  to  express  any  opinion  upon  the  mer- 
its of  this  pecuniary  controversy,  it  being  a  subject  not  submitted  to  their  consid- 
sideration,  and  therefore  not  within  their  province  to  decide.  But  Mobile  they 
forbear  to  say  whether  the  arbitrators  did  or  did  not  find  the  true  balance  due 
from  said  Close  to  said  Lodge,  it  may  be  propar  to  state,  that  in  their  judgment, 
the  said  Lodge  had  a  right  to  be  heard  by  their  agent  before  the  arbitrators  upon 
the  matters  submitted ;  and  that  as  their  agent  was  prevented  from  being  so 
heard,  the  award  made  under  such  circumstances  was  of  no  validity,  and  there- 
fore that  the  Lodge  were  justifiable  in  refusing  to  accept  it. 

It  would  seem  that  in  thus  proceeding  to  make  up  their  award  upon  an  exparte 
hearing,  the  arbitrators  must  have  considered  themselves  rather  as  an  ordinary 
committee  to  settle  the  accounts  between  the  Lodge  and  their  Treasurer,  than  as 
arbitrators  mutually  chosen  to  decide  a  controversy  between  the  parties  ;  but  to 
the  committee  there  appears  to  be  a  wide  difference  between  the  two  cases.  They 
also  find,  that  independently  of  the  controversy  in  question,  the  character  of  said 
Clore  stands  fair  and  unimpeached,  both  as  a  man  and  as  a  Mason. 

Upon  the  whole  the  committee  are  of  opinion  :  1st,  that  said  vote  of  expulsion 
against  Bro.  Henry  Close,  ought  to  be  revoked  by  the  Grand  Lodge.  2d,  That  in 
order  to  restore  harmony  among  the  brethren  of  Union  Lodge,  at  Stamford,  it  is 
necessary  that  the  controversy  regarding  the  amount  of  the  funds  of  said  Lodge 
In  the  hands  of  said  Close,  be  speedily  settled.  They  therefore  propose,  and  re- 
commend for  adoption  by  this  Grand  Lodge  the  three  resolutions  or  votes  annex- 
ed to  this  report.  Respectfully  submitted, 

ROBERT  FAIRCHILD,) 
BENJAMLN  ISAACS,     V  Committee. 
REUBEN  BOOTH.  ) 

Fairfield,  April  20,  1824. 

The  foregoing  report  was  accepted  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  but 
the  resolutions  accompanying  the  same  were  not  agreed  to. 

Whereupon,  it  was  ordered,  that  the  report  be  recommitted 
to  the  same  committee,  with  instructions  to  inquire  into  the 
pecuniary  difficulties  between  said  Henry  Close  and  said  Union 
Lodge,  and  report  the  result  of  their  inquiries  at  the  next  an- 
nual communication. 


1824.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  357 

On  the  petition  of  members  of  Seneca  Lodge,  No.  55,  pray- 
ing for  an  amendment  of  their  charter,  it  was  ordered,  that  an 
alteration  be  made  in  said  charter,  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  by 
erasing  the  words,  "at  the  house  of  Bro.  Stephen  Fyler." 

The  petition  of  brethren  in  Fairfield  and  vicinity,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  in  the  village  of  Saugatuck, 
by  the  name  of  "  Temple,  No.  65,"  was  taken  up,  considered, 
and  granted. 

A  report  from  the  auditing  committee  was  presented,  read  and 
accepted^  as  follows  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

The  subscriber,  one  of  a  committee  of  three,  appointed  to  examine  and  settle 
the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  reports,  that  in  the  absence 
of  two  of  this  committee,  to  wit,  Brs.  Henry  W.  Edwards  and  Hector  Humphrey, 
he  has  attended  to  the  duties  assigned  to  said  Committee,  and  finds  that  all  the 
moneys  due  the  Grand  Lodge  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  have  been 
accounted  for  by  him,  and  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer  ;  and  that  there  is 
now  in  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  in  cash  of  nine  hundred  and 
four  dollars  and  twenty-eight  cents,  and  eight  shares  in  Hartford  Bank. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  W.  BOARDMAN,  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  revise  the  Consti- 
tution and  By-Laws,  which  was  laid  over  from  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  and  ordered  to  be  printed  and  distributed  to 
the  several  Lodges,  was  called  up,  and  after  some  discussion,  as 
to  the  propriety  and  expediency  of  dividing  the  State  into  Ma- 
sonic Districts,  so  much  of  the  Constitution  as  relates  to  that 
Bubject  was  stricken  out  and  rejected.  The  report,  thus  amend- 
ed, was  again  postponed,  and  ordered  to  be  again  submitted  to 
the  subordinate  Lodges. 

Kev.  Bro.  Menzies  Kayner  presented  the  vote  of  Washington 
Lodge,  No.  19,  appointing  himself  and  Bro.  Lemuel  Sherman  a 
committee  to  procure  an  alteration  of  the  charter  of  said  Lodge, 
80  as  to  embrace  the  towns  of  Huntington  and  Monroe  ;  where- 
upon, it  was  ordered,  that  said  Lodge  have  liberty  to  alter  their 
charter,  by  erasing  the  town  of  Huntington  and  substituting 
the  town  of  Monroe. 

The  widow  of  our  late  Bro.  Amaziah  Bray,  being  represented 


358  GRAITD   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^J, 

as  in  a  very  destitute  situation,  it  was  resolved,  that  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  be  appropriated  to  her  relief  from  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  no  returns  were  received 
at  the  last  Grand  Communication  from  Trinty  Lodge,  No.  43, 
Warren,  No.  51,  and  Mount  01ive,'No.  52.  Excuses  from  No. 
51  and  No.  52,  were  offered,  and  they  were  both  excused  from 
penalty. 

Brs.  James  Carrington,  William  W.  Boardraan,  and  Nahum 
Flagg,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the 
accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  and  report  at 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Rev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


1824.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  359 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — James  Carrington,  W.  M.,  Charles  A.  Ingersoll, 
S.  W.,  James  C.  Parker,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Harvey  Treat,  Willard  Lyon,  William  Love,  Jr.,  Francis  Kellet, 
Isaac  Tuttle,  James  Eaton,  Anson  T.  Colt,  Daniel  Tuttle,  Lee  Dunning.  Admii- 
ted — Joseph  Wilson,  Leonard  Curtis,  Asa  Buddington,  Chauncey  Cook.  Expell- 
ed— Samuel  M.  Thomas,  Cliarles  B.  Lines,  Philip  Salisbury,  Thomas  Dougal,  Geo. 
Sharpe,  Joshua  R.  Gore,  George  Stafford. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Samuel  Cooper,  W.  M.,  Horace  Clark,  S.  W., 
Samuel  Spaulding,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Dana  Reed,  Giles  Brainard,  Jr.,  Merori  Hayden,  Andrew  W.  Hen- 
shaw,  David  Spencer,  Jr.,  William  Cory,  Caleb  Miller,  Jr.,  Samuel  D.  Sizer,  Nel- 
son Thayer,  Horace  Wright,  Hezekiah  L.  Hosmer,  Ansel  Harris,  Richard  Fenner, 
Augustus  P.  Jones,  Henry  Johnson.  Admitted — Rev.  James  A.  Boswell,  Solo- 
mon Jones.     Suspended — Chauncey  C.  Beebe.     Expelled — Charles  Barber. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Samuel  Stratton,  W.  M.,  C.  Foote,  S.  W.,  A. 
Wallace,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sara'l  Hodges,  Lewis  C.  Segee,  EliphaletW.  Bradley,  HanfordLyon, 
Joseph  C.  Nichols,  Alexander  Mather.     Admitted — Daniel  B.  Oviatt. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— George  Putnam,  W.  M.,  Denison  Morgan,  S.  W., 
Daniel  P.  Hopkins,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Charles  Y.  Hempstead,  John  Stanwood. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Peter  Brown,  W.  M.,  William  Wilmot,  S.  W.,  Sands 
Adams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Joseph  H.  Leeds,  Joshua  B.  Ferris,  Truman  Downs,  Hardy  Louns- 
bury,  Hiram  Lounsburj'^,  Rufus  Jones. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Stephen  Smith,  W.  M.,  Henry  Selleck,  S.  W,, 
Philo  Price,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Elisha  L.  Silliman,  John  A.  McLean,  Horatio  Ward,  David  B.  Thorp, 
Asa  E.  Smith,  Eli  Reed,  Charles  Hunter,  David  Low,  John  Stewart,  John  Evers- 
ley,  Jr.,  Edwin  Benedict,  Asahel  Dunning,  Charles  Arnold,  Isaac  M.  Sturges, 
George  G.  Bishop. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,   Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S, 
W.,  Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 
Initiated — three. 


360  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Lyman  Parker,  W.  M.,  Elisha  M.  Pomeroy, 
S.  W.,  Caleb  Cook,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Norman  Munson. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colcliester— Amherst  D.  Scovill,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Morgan, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  H.  Fox,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Star  Easton,  William  Latham,  .Albert  Cone,  Pomeroy  Hall,  John  F. 
Chester,  John  Chapman,  Philip  Smith,  Russell  Chapman,  Marvin  W.  Hutchins, 
E.  W.  Brownell,  Eli  Gates,  Enos  Gates,  George  N.  Bigalow,  Robert  S.  Blish, 
Shubael  Brown. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Phineas  Lord,  W.  M.,  Phineas  B.  Taylor,  S. 
W.,  Frederick  Buel,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Leman  Westover,  John  M'Colley,  Beach  Spencer,  Samuel  G.  Bray- 
man,  William  Pardee,  Eleazer  G.  Doolittle.     Admitted — Benjamin  Kilbourn. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Jeremiah  French,  W.  M.,  Henry  Downs,  S.  W., 
George  Blakeman,  J.  W. 
Initiated — James  Mix,  Daniel  P.  Merriam. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  13,  Salisbury— John  Barney,  W.  M.,  Luther  Ticknor,  S.  W., 
Hiel  Rowly,  J.  W. 

Itiitiated — John  Brinsmade,  Jr.,  Harvey  Brendy,  Edward  I.  Fish,  Lyman  F. 
Loveland,  Abijah  C.  Peet,  Uriah  Beach,  Horace  K.  Hubbard,  Lewis  L.  Reed, 
Chester  Granger,  Daniel  S.  Clapp,  Jabez  Jacqua.  Admitted — Hiram  Reynolds, 
Isaac  Hollister,  Calvin  Chapman. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— John  Mix,  W.  M.,  Allen  Woodruff,  S.  W., 
Joel  Steel,  J.  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Uriel  Fuller,  W.  M.,  David  C.  Bolles,  S.  W., 
Nelson  Palmer,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Harris  Arnold,  Nathaniel  Briggs,  Cyrus  Peckham. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire— Charles  A.  Stanley,  W.  M.,  Elnathan  Beach,  S.  W., 
Lucius  Chittenden,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Cyrus  Bradley. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown — John  Buckingham,  W.  M.,  Alanson  Warren, 
S.  W.,  Silas  Hoadley,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Virtue  Clark. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Squire  Dibble,  W.  M.,  McPherson  Sherman,  S.  W., 
Philo  Baldwin,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Henry  Judson,  Ezra  Bray,  John  Wallis,  Rev.  Bennett  Glover,  Thos. 
Blackraan,  Rufus  Skidmore,  Theodore  B.  Botsford,  Elam  Wheeler,  John  Nash, 
Marcus  B.  Summers,  William  Hays. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe— Lemuel  Sherman,  W.  M.,  David  Hawley,  S. 
W.,  Alonzo  Sherwood,  J.  W. 

Initiatedr—RdLTTY  Burton,  Wheeler  Cable,  George  Peck,  Ezra  Kirtland,  Lucius 
C.  Hyde,  William  Booth,  Elihu  Hubbell,  Abel  Wakely,  Christopher  N.  Shelton, 
Henry  S.  Hubbell. 


1824.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  361 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Oirin  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Moses  D.  Seymour,  S.  W., 
Abijah  Flagg,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Philip  Lee,  Ira  E.  Smith,  Samuel  Recor,  Adna  G.  Andrus. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford— Clark  Hiue,  W.  M.,  Edward  Hunt,  S.  W., 
Charles  A.  Randall  J.  W. 
Initiated — Oliver  W.  Pickett. 

HART^S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— A.  A.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Isaac  Warren,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Oliver  H.  Stoddard.  Suspended — Nathaniel  Richardson,  Thomas 
S.  Bevens. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Mason  White,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Prentice,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Amos  Morgan,  George  Sidleman,  Thomas  M.  SafFord,  Matthew  G. 
Wibber,  John  C.  Tibbetts,  Lucius  Tyler,  Russel  Hebard,  Bonaparte  Campbell, 
Henry  C.  Ames,  Peter  F.  Bradford.     Expelled — Elisha  Tucker. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— John  Fitch,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Brigham,  S.  W.,  Jasper 
Gilbert,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alfred  Hartshorn,  Asa  Lyon,  Harding  Herrick,  Amasa  B.  Cone. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  George  Merrick,  S. 
W.,  George  Ball,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Imley  Covell,  Hiram  Watkins,  Alviu  Hunt,  George  M.  Carr. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— William  Cook,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Ackley,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Nehemiah  Dickinson,  J.  W. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  W.  M.,  Stiles  Titus, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  A.  Ryan,  J.  W. 

Initiated — .Johnson  C.  Hatch,  Lewis  Hickox.  Admitted — Frederick  J.  Fenn. 
Suspended — Alva  S.  Warner. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Jabez  Collins,  W.  M.,  William  Par- 
sons, S.  W.,  Elisha  M.  Jencks,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Harvey  Terry,  Jonathan  Button,  Jr.,  Seth  King,  Harmon  Terry, 
Roswell  Terry,  2d,  Ebenezer  Metcalf.  Admitted — Henry  Kingsbury,  Samuel 
Knight. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Decius  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Orrin  B.  Freeman,  S. 
W.,  Ansel  Humphrey,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Elias  Woodford,  Orrin  Humphreys,  Riverious  Douglass,  John  Merrit. 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.  M.,  Joseph  C.  Burk,  S.  W., 
Lewis  Goodyear,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Allen  Tirrell,  Joel  Munson,  Leverett  Hotchkiss. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— John  French,  W.  M.,  Charles  Butler,  S.  W., 
Ephraim  H.  Babcock,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Danforth,  Isaac  Shepard,  William  H.  Clark,  James  Lamphier, 
William  Leeds.     Expelled — Joseph  Bolles. 

46 


362  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Sherman  Hartwell,  W.  M.,  Adoniram  Car- 
ter, S.  W.,  Robert  Hoyt,  J.  W. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Martin  Cook,  W.  M.,  Seth  Clark,  S.  W., 
Roswell  Cook.  J.  W. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— William  P.  Eaton,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Hutchins, 
S.  W.,  Frederick  Prentice,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — John  Yale,  Chester  Tilden,  Alpheus  Kingsley,  Jr.  Expelled — Wm. 
Gordon. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— Guy  R.  Sanford,  W.  M.,  Willard  Hitchcock,  S. 
W.,  William  S.  Goodsell,  J.  W. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  3G,  Granby— James  0.  Pond,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Smith,  S.  W., 
John  T.  Rockwell,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Allen  Reed,  Josiah  Searles, Burr. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Jeremiah  W.  Phelps,  W.  M.,  Benjamin 
Welch,  S.  W.,  Earl  Pease,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hiram  Moses,  John  Elmore,  Jr.,  Josiah  Brinsmade,  Benjamin  Welch, 
Jr.,  John  A.  Shepherd,  Augustus  Smith,  Watson  Northrop,  Stephen  Holt,  2d, 
Obadiah  Pease,  Aaron  Hosmer,  Andrew  11.  Smith,  John  T.  Warner,  Eiizur  Dowd, 
Rev.  Stephen  Peet,  James  R.  Lewis,  Horatio  N.  Witherell,  Benjamin  C.  Cross, 
Abraham  C.  Hewitt.     Admitted — William  Burt,  Julius  Beach. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Merrit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
Tabour  Smith,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Joel  Potter.     Expelled — Simeon  Leete. 

ARK,  No.  39,  Weston— Edward  Couch,  W.  M.,  Ira  Baldwin,  S.  W.,  Sturges 
Johnson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — B.  A.  Darling,  Rev.  L.  B.  Hull,  Alfred  Rockwell,  Jonathan  Crofutt, 
E.  H.  Fenner. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Reuben  Booth,  W.  M.,  Ira  B.  Wildman,  S.  W.,  Lewis 
Taylor,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Matthew  R.  Gilbert,  Thomas  M.  Gregory,  Hubbel  Wildnien,  Andrew 
S.  Wells,  Ira  Barnum,  Jr.,  George  W.  Clark,  Henry  Patch.  Admitted — Philo 
Lyon. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Andrew  Adams,  W.  M.,  Elias  Ford,  S.  W., 
Harvey  Judd,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lemuel  Smith,  Harvey  Scott,  William  Bunnell. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Thomas  Clark  W.  M.,  William  Webb,  S. 
W.,  Vine  Hovey,  J.  W. 

Initiated— George  Payne,  Henry  B.  Williams,  George  W.  Wolcott,  Asahel 
Rockwell,  Marvin  W.  Minard,  Daniel  Gager,  Benjamin  Hill,  John  M.  Woodworth, 
Simeon  Peckham,  Lucius  Abbe,  Zina  G.  Payne.  Suspended — Andrew  Baker, 
Chauncey  G.  Abbott,  Samuel  Dorrance.     Expelled — Gurdon  Hebbard. 


1824.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  363 

PUTNAM,  No.  4G,  Pomfret— Asa  May,  W.  M.,  Andrew  A.  Williams,  S.  W., 
Ezra  Cliilcl,  J.  W. 

Initiated — George  Seagraves,  Jacob  Green,  Gnj'  Gleason,  Benjamin  E.  Bowen, 
Samuel  Fenner. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Chauncey  M.  Hatch,  W.  M.,  David  M. 
Clark,  S.  W.,  Treat  Bradley,  J.  W. 

Initiated Sylvester,  B.  Lindley,   Thomas  Dutton,   Harvey  Bunnell, 

Daniel  Smith,  Josepli  Lounsbury,  Noah  Stone.  Admitted — Shelden  Bristol. 
Suspended — Cyrus  Perry.  Hezekiah  C.  Peck. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Wells  Beardsley,  W.  M.,  Luther  Skiff,  S.  W., 
Elijah  Barton,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Welcome  Geer,  Walter  Randall.     Admitted — Hubbell  Miller, 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Philip  Bradley,  AV.  M.,  Czar  Jones,  S.  W., 
Stephen  Ohnstead,  J.  W. 

Initiated — David  Keeler,  Thomas  Hollingshead.  Gamaliel  Smith.  Admitted — 
Hezekiah  Scott. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Chauncey  Burgess,  W.  M.,  Edwin  M.  Hollister, 
S.  W.,  Cyrus  Mann,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Orriu  Hunt. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Samuel  Simons,  W.  M.,  Ira  Lee,  S.  W.,  Nathaniel 
C.  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Braddock  Strong,  Nelson  C.  Daniels,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  Hiram 
Barton,  William  R.  Smith,  Hiram  Markham. 

MOUNT  OLIVE,  No.  52,  Saybrook— William  Lynde,  W.  M.,  Pliny  Hamant, 
S.  AV.,  Levi  Dickinson,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Samuel  AV.  Pratt,  Jr.,  Ulysses  AV.  Mather,  Daniel  D.  Perkins,  Titus 
C.  Pratt,  Henry  G.  Kirtland.     Admitted — ^Horace  Stillman. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Ahsel  Coats,  AV.  M.,  Thomas  P. 
AVattles,  S.  AV.,  John  D.  Gallup,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Edward  York,  Joel  Pitcher,  Pitts  D.  Frink.  Admitted — Thomas 
P.  Chapman,  Rev.  Levi  AValker. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington — Aaron  Smith,  AV.  M.,  Luman  Hinman,  S.  W., 
Georixe  W.  Bull,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Uri  Taylor,  Ethel  North,  James  P.  Collins,  Roswell  Birge,  James 
H.  Seymour.  Nathan  AV.  Hammond.  Admitted — Henry  AVhitman,  Edward  Pier- 
pout,  George  W.  Bull,  Robert  Martin. 

ASA'LUM,  No.  57,  Stonington  Borough — Francis  Amy,  AV.  M.,  Elisha  Faxon, 
Jr.,  S.  AV.,  AV.  Hyde,  J.  AV. 

Initiated— io\\\\  Burrows,  Jr.,  Dudley  Stark,  Joseph  Cottrell,  Benjamin  Ellison, 
Elani  Eldridge,  Eldridge  Dewolfe,  Henry  .A.shby,  Nathan  Eidiidge,  Samuel  Welch, 
William  Kemp,  Richard  Beuuet,  Lyman  Dudley. 


364  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsterl— Drayton  Jones,  W.  M.,  JabinFord, 
S.  W.,  Amos  Beeclier.  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lester  Humphrey,  Hector  Taylor,  Thaddeus  A.  Carter,  David  Lane, 
Roger  S.  Hungerford,  Horace  Wilder,  Ahira  Case,  Humplirey  Phelps,  Linus  Gid- 
dings,  Duncan  Wilson.     Admitted — Lyman  Merrell. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Andrew  Denison,  W.  M.,  Barlow  Rose,  S.  W., 
Curtis  Rose,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Albert  Kent,  John  Cross. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— William  Field,  W.  M.,  Richard  Stroud,  S.  W., 
Charles  S.  Thompson,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Isaac  McNarry,  Alden  L.  Skinner,  Elias  L.  Rockwell,  Thomas  Pat- 
terson, John  Perrin,  H.  A.  Hamilton,  Rev.  Martin  Tupper,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Thrasher, 
Jr.  Admitted — Alba  Burnham,  Rufus  G.  Avery.  Suspended— J osei)h  Smith,  2d. 
Expelled — Jeduthan  Parkess. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen— John  H.  Collins,  W.  M.,  Myron  Harrison, 
S.  W.,  Seth  Thompson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Amasa  N.  Chapin,  Wm.  Parmile,  Joshua  G.  Driscoll,  Jason  Cross. 
Admitted — Isaac  H.  Sterling. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Martin  Stanley,  W.  M.,  Henry  Phelps,  S.  W., 
Ozias  Roberts.  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lewis  Mills,  Ebenezer  G.  Marble,  Russell  Wyles,  Erastus  Vorra, 
Whiting  Risley,  Solomon  W.  Olcott. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven— William  H.  Jones,  W.  M.,  William  W.  Board- 
man,  S.  W.,  Nahum  Flagg,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alfred  King,  John  Nichols,  AVilliam  Chapman,  Rev.  Sumner  Lincoln, 
Augustus  R.  Street,  Dennis  Kimberly,  George  Spaulding,  Linus  Child,  Ebenezer 
Hancock,  Rt.  Rev.  Thomas  Church  Brownell,  Edward  Kenne,  James  B.  Hoods. 
Admitted — Alvin  Wilcox,  John  Boyd,  Marcus  Escopiniche,  Edward  Leffingwell, 
Thomas  W.  Thomas,  John  W.  Marshall,  John  Perow. 

ST.  ANDREW'S,  No.  64,  Winsted— Josiah  Smith,  W.  M.,  Hosea  Hinsdale,  S. 
W.,  Luman  AVaketiekl,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Elisha  A.  Morgan,  David  Munson,  Jr.,  John  Ellsworth,  Jr.,  Thomas 
E.  Ellsworth,  Daniel  G.  Humphrey,  Jr.,  Benjamin  Twiss,  George  H.  Clark,  Wm. 
Lees,  Uri  Bailey,  Benjamin  Dealing,  George  W.  Austin,  William  S.  Boyd,  Royal 
Syraons,  Nathan  Champion.  Elisha  Avery.     Suspended — Dudley  Sullivan. 


1825.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  365 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1825. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moll  Worlliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  nth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1825,  and  of 
Mafonry  5825  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  RALPH  I.  ]NGERSOLL,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ELIZUR  GOODRICH,  Jr.,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       DANIEL  B.  BRINSMADE,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       JAMES  CARRINGTON,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
'^       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
"       WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 

JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
REUBEN  BOOTH,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
Rev.  MENZIES  RAYNER,  Grand  Chaplain. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Charles  A.  Ingersoll,   Thomas  G. 

Woodward,  David  Kimherly. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Hezekiah  L.  Hosmer. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Samuel  Simons. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Samuel  G.  Goodrich,   Daniel  P. 

Hopkins,  Nathan  Colton. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Simeon  H.  Miner. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Benjamin  Isaacs,  Thomas  Reed, 

Samuel  Raymond. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodhury — Charles  B.  Phelps. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford— Rev.  Ashhel  Baldwin,  Wm.  Shel- 

ton,  Robert  Fairchild. 
No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Elisha  M.  Pomeroy,  Frederick 

Lewis,  Medad  C.  Munson. 


366  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colcliestcr — Amherst  D.  Scovill,  Samuel  H. 
Fox. 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— David  Marsh,  Frederick  Buel. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby— Henry  Downs,  James  Smith. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — John  Barney,  Luther  Ticknor, 
Samuel  Church. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — John  Mix. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Bela  Spalding,  David  C.  BoUes. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  A.  Stanley. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Alanson  Warren. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Wheeler  Fairchild. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Cyrus  H.  Beardsley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Ira  E.  Smith,  Abijah  Flagg. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Briggs  Ingersoll. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Erastus  Williams. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Daniel  Burnham,  Hiram  Rider. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Ruel  Richardson. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam — Anson  C.  Palmer. 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Warren  R.  Fowler,  Freder- 
ick J.  Fenn. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Jabez  Collins. 

No.  29,  Villao-e,  Canton — Orrin  B.  Freeman. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Jacob  Whiting,  Joseph  C.  Burke. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Frederick  Lee,  Nathaniel  S.  Per- 
kins. 

No.  32,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren — Manly  Peters. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Alpheus  S.  Brocket,  Orrin 
Pearl. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Wm.  P.  Eaton,  David  Tracy,  Asa 
Child. 

No.  c5,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Uriah  Hopkins,  Joel  G.  Candee. 

No.  36,  St.  ]\Iark's,  Granby— Daniel  B.  Holcomb,  Pliram  R. 
Pettibone,  Joseph  F.  Jewett. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Joseph  Battell,  James  Shep- 
herd. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford— Merit  Foot,  Calvin  Frisbie. 


1825.] 


GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


367 


No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — John  B.  Merrit,  Stiirges  Fanton. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbuiy — Reuben  Booth, 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfiekl — Wm.  Meeker. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Andrew  Adams,  Israel  Coe. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — William  Webb,    Chauncey 

F.  Cleaveland. 
No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Thomas  Hubbard,  Samuel  Dresser, 

Ebenezer  Stoddard. 

,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire. 

,  St  Luke's,  Kent— John  H.  Swift. 

,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — Wm.  Crocker. 

,  Warren,  Andover — Leonard  Hendee,  Sherman  McLean, 

Samuel  0.  Hollister, 

,  Warren,  Chatham — Frederick  Morgan,  Ira  Lee. 

,  Mount  Olive,  Saybrook — Pliny  Hammant. 

,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Coddington  Billings, 

,  Hamilton,  Sharon — Ansel  Sterling. 

,  Seneca,  Torrington — Grcorge  W.  Bull,  William  North, 

Russel  C.  Abernathy. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Cornelius  B.  Andrews,  Leicester  C. 

Carrington,  Isaac  Merriam. 
No,  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — G-eorge  Hubbard, 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Amos  Beecher,  Drayton 

Jones,  Ezekiel  Alderman. 
No.  59,  Apollo,  Sufifield — Wm.  C.  Gay,  Asahel  Hatheway,  Jr., 

Luther  Loomis. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Wm.  Field,  Richard  Stroud,  Jere- 
miah Parish. 
No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Truman  Star,  Peter  Bierce, 
No,  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — William  H,  Jones,  William  W. 

Boardman. 
No,  64,  St,  Andrew's,  Winsted — Luman  Wakefield,  James  M, 

Boyd,  Wm.  S.  Holabird. 
No.  65,  Temple,  Saugatuck — Lewis  N.  Nash. 


No, 

47 

No, 

48 

No, 

49 

No, 

50 

No, 

51 

No. 

52 

No. 

53 

No, 

54 

No, 

55 

368  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  prayer  by  tlie  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master. 

The  M.  W.  Ralph  I.  Ingerspll  signified  his  wish  to  retire 
from  the  duties  of  the  chair,  and  not  be  considered  a  candidate 
for  office  at  this  time. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 
to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  Elizur  Goodrich,  Jr.,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  James  Carrington,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  James  M.  Goodwin,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  Lab  AN  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  Amherst  D.  Scovill,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  William  C.  Gay,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  Charles  A.  Boardman,  Grand  Chaplain. 
Br.  Darius  Higgins,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  revise  the  Consti- 
tution and  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  which  was  laid  over 
at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  was  called  up  for  final  ac- 
tion. After  due  discussion,  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  submitted  by  the  committee,  and 
amended  at  the  last  annual  communication,  were  adopted  by  a 
unanimous  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  ordered  to  be  printed, 
together  with  the  old  constitution  and  original  signatures. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  called  off  from  labor  to  refresh- 
ment, to  be  called  on  again  at  9  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


1825.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  360 

Thursday  Morning,  May  12. 

At  9  o'clock  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  the  chair,  when 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor,  and  pro- 
ceeded with  business. 

A  petition  was  received  from  a  competent  number  of  breth- 
ren residing  in  Branford,  praying  for  a  new  Lodge  to  be  located 
in  that  town  ;  which  petition  was  granted,  and  a  charter  or- 
dered ;  the  Lodge  to  be  called  "  Widow's  Son,  No.  QQ." 

A  petition  was  received  from  the  brethren  in  New  Canaan, 
praying  for  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  granted,  under  the 
name  of  "  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  67/'  and  a  charter  ordered  ac- 
cordingly. 

A  petition  from  bi-ethren  in  the  town  of  Groton,  asking  for  a 
Lodge  to  be  established  in  that  town,  was  presented,  and  the 
prayer  of  the  petition  granted  ;  said  Lodge  to  have  a  charter, 
and  to  be  called  "  Charity,  No.  68." 

A  charter  was  also  granted  to  sundry  petitioners  in  the  towns 
of  Somers,  Ellington  and  Vernon,  for  a  Lodge  to  be  located  in 
Ellington,  to  be  called  "  Fayette  Lodge,  No.  69." 

A  petition  was  received  from  brethren  in  the  town  of  Wind- 
sor, praying  for  a  charter  for  a  Lodge  to  be  located  in  that  town. 
The  petition  was  granted,  on  condition  that  said  Lodge  be  held 
in  the  First  Society  of  said  town  ;  said  Lodge  to  be  designated 
by  the  name  of  "  Washington,  No.  70." 

Petitions  for  new  Lodges  in  the  towns  of  Greenwich,  Griswold 
and  Jewett  City,  were  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  after 
some  debate,  were  severally  laid  over  to  the  next  Grand  Annual 
Communication. 

A  memorial  from  Bro.  Elisha  Tucker,  concerning  St.  James' 
Lodge,  No.  23,  Preston,  was  read  and  referred  to  a  committee 
of  three,  to  wit,  Brs.  John  R.  Watrous,  Thomas  Hubbard  and 
Andrew  Harris,  with  instructions  to  investigate  the  facts  set 
forth  in  said  memorial,  and  report  at  the  next  Grand  Commu- 
nication. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  pecuniary  difficulty 
between  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  and  Bro.  Henry  Close,  late  Treas- 

47 


370  GRAND    LODGE    OP^    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

urer  of  the  same,  submitted  the  following  report,  which  was  ac- 
cepted and  approved,  and  the  resolution  accompanying  the  same 
adopted  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  Committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  commmiication,  to  investigate  the 
pecuniary  controversy  then  existing  between  Union  Lodge,  No.  5.  at  Stamford, 
and  Henry  Close,  would  respectfully  report,  that  the  committee  met  at  Stamford 
on  the  30th  of  March,  by  appointment  of  the  parties,  who  submitted  said  case  to 
the  committee  as  arbitrators,  binding  themselves  respectively,  by  notes,  to  abide 
the  award.  After  a  full  hearing  of  the  parties,  on  the  30th  and  31st  days  of  the 
said  March,  the  arbitrators  adjourned,  by  mutual  consent,  from  said  Stamford  to 
Fairfield,  where,  on  the  20tb  instant,  they  published  tlieir  award  to  the  parties, 
(who  attended  by  their  agents,  S.  H.  Minor  and  Charles  Hawley,  Esq'rs,)  and 
delivered  to  said  Miner,  as  agent  for  said  Lodge,  the  notes  executed  by  said  Close 
and  Peter  Brown,  (the  latter  in  behalf  of  said  Lodge,)  to  abide  said  award,  leav- 
ing due  on  the  note  so  executed  by  said  Close,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  in- 
cluding the  expenses  of  said  arbitration  ;  which  was,  in  the  opinion  of  the  com- 
mittee, and  so  agreed  to  be  by  the  parties,  a  final  settlement  of  the  controversy 
in  question. 

The  committee  therefore  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  subjoined  resolution, 
believing  that  it  will  not  only  be  right  and  just,  but  equally  agreeable  and  satis- 
factorv  to  the  parties  concerned.  ROBERT  FAIRCHILD,) 

BENJAMIN  ISAACS,     \  Committee. 
REUBEN  BOOTH.  ) 

Fairfield,  April  20,  A.  L.  5825. 

Besolved,  That  the  vote  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  expelling 
Henry  Close  therefrom,  he  revoked,  and  is  hereby  forever  can- 
celled, and  that  said  Henry  Close  be  received  and  restored  to 
his  former  standing  in  said  Lodge  as  a  Master  Mason. 

The  following  communication,  which  was  received  by  the 
M,  W.  Grand  Master,  previous  to  the  appointment  of  Grand 
Chaplain,  w^as  read,  and  ordered  to  be  spread  upon  the  minutes 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  subscriber  begs  leave  respectfully  to  state,  that  for  a  number  of  j'ears  he 
has  had  the  honor  to  be  appointed  Chaplain  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  which  capa- 
city he  has  with  much  satisfaction  to  himself  attended  every  communication  since 
his  first  designation  to  that  office.  On  the  present  occasion,  he  requests  that  in 
the  appointment  of  Chaplain  he  may  not  be  considered  a  candidate.  He  begs 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  to  assure  the  Grand  Lodge  of  his  grateful  sensibility  to 
their  indulgence  and  brotherly  kindness,  and  of  his  sincere  and  constant  wishes 
for  their  individual  happiness,  and  the  prosperity  of  the  Fraternity  in  this  State 
and  throughout  the  world.  MENZIES  RAYNER. 


1825.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  371 

A  report  from  tlie  auditing  cominittee  was  presented,  read  and 
accepted,  as  follows  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Coimecticiit. 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication,  a  committee  to 
examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  beg  leave 
to  report,  that  all  moneys  due  the  Grand  Lodge  and  received  by  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary during  the  past  year,  have  by  him  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer, 
and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer,  a  balance  due  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  and  sixty-three  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents,  in 
cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the  Hartford  Bank. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  W.  BOARDMAN, ) 
NAHUM  FLAGG,  }  Committee. 

JAMES  CARRINGTON,         ) 
New  Haven,  May  9,  1825. 

The  Grand  Secretary  made  report  of  sundry  Lodges  having 
failed  to  comply  with  the  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  by 
neglecting  to  make  returns  and  by  not  being  represented  at  the 
last  Grand  Communication.  Good  and  satisfactory  reasons  for 
these  omissions  of  duty  having  been  assigned,  the  penalties  in 
each  case  were  remitted,  except  in  the  case  of  Trinity  Lodge, 
No.  43,  Killingworth.  That  Lodge  not  having  been  represent- 
ed for  several  years,  it  was  voted,  that  the  charter  of  Trinity 
Lodge,  No.  63,  be  revoked. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  and  adopted  by  a  unani- 
mous vote  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  given  to  M.  W.  Past  Grand 
Master  Ralph  I.  Ingersoll,  for  the  able,  impartial  and  Masonic  manner,  in  which 
he  has  presided  over  this  body  as  Grand  Master. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Charles  A.  Inger- 
soll, James  Carrington,  and  Andrew  Kidston,  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  and  report  at 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Kev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


372  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS. 


CONSTITUTION 

Of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut^ 

Adopted,  May  11,  A.  L.  5825. 

Article  1.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  consist  of  a  Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand 
Master,  Grand  Senior  Warden,  Grand  Junior  Warden,  Grand  Treasurer,  Grand 
Secretary,  Grand  Senior  Deacon,  Grand  Junior  Deacon,  Grand  Marshal,  Grand 
Chaplain,  Grand  Sentinel  and  Grand  Tyler.  All  Past  Grand  Officers  while  remain- 
ing within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  all  Masters  and  Wardens  of  subor- 
dinate Lodges  within  the  same  jurisdiction,  for  the  time  being,  shall,  with  the  above 
enumerated  Officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  be  the  only  members  thereof. 

Art.  2.  The  Masters  and  Wardens  of  subordinate  Lodges  shall  have  the  privi- 
lege of  constituting  proxies,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  to  attend  the  communications  thereof ;  at  which  said  proxies  shall  have 
the  same  powers  and  privileges  as  their  constituents. 

Art.  3.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  holden  once  in  every  year,  viz  ;  on  the  Wed- 
nesday succeeding  the  second  Thursday  in  May,  alternately,  first  at  New  Haven, 
and  then  at  Hartford,  at  2  o'clock  afternoon  on  said  day  ;  but  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter for  the  time  being,  maj'  at  any  time  call  a  special  Grand  Lodge,  to  meet  at 
such  time  and  place  as  he  maj^  think  proper. 

Art.  4.  The  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  at  each 
Grand  Annual  Communication,  a  majority  of  votes  constituting  a  choice,  except 
the  Grand  Senior  and  GraTid  Junior  Deacons,  Grand  Marshal,  Grand  Chaplain, 
Grand  Sentinel  and  Grand  Tyler,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master. 

Art.  5.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  absence  of  the  acting  Grand  Mas- 
ter, the  next  Officer  in  rank,  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  act  in  his  place  and  stead, 
until  the  next  annual  election,  and  possess  all  the  powers  and  authority  of  Grand 
Master.  And  in  case  any  other  office  shall  become  vacant  by  death,  resignation, 
or  otherwise,  the  Grand  Master  for  the  time  being,  shall  fill  such  vacancy  by  his 
nomination. 

Art.  6.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  liave  power  by  patent,  under  their  seal  and 
sign  manual  of  the  Grand  Master  for  the  time  being,  attested  by  their  Secretarj', 
to  constitute  new  Lodges,  to  establish  an  uniform  mode  of  working  in  all  the 
Lodges  in  this  State,  and  to  superintend  and  regulate  the  general  police  of  Ma- 
sonry, according  to  the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  Masons;  carefully  regard- 
ing the  old  landmarks,  which  are  on  no  account  to  be  removed  or  defaced. 

Art.  7.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  power  to  make  such  By  Laws  for  their 
own  government  as  they  shall  think  proper. 

Art.  8.  The  Grand  Lodge  upon  granting  a  charter  to  a  newly  constituted  Lodge 
may  demand  such  reasonable  fees  as  thev  shall  establish  bv  their  Bv  Laws. 


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BY-LAWS 

Of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
Adopted,  May  11,  A.  L.  5825. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Masters  and  Wardens  of  the  several  Lodges  in 
this  State,  to  give  their  punctual  attendance  at  the  communications  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  either  by  themselves  or  proxies — which  proxies  shall  be  Master  Masons 
of  the  same  Lodges  as  their  constituents,  and  the  certificate  of  their  appointment, 
countersigned   by  the  Secretaries  of  their  respective  Lodges. 

2.  A  majority  of  the  members  present,  shall  determine  every  question ;  and 
the  presiding  officer  shall  have  the  casting  vote.  And  any  motion  to  vote  by  bal- 
lot on  any  question,  being  supported  by  one-fourth  part  of  the  members  present, 
the  question  shall  be  taken.  No  vote  shall  be  reconsidered  by  a  smaller  number 
of  Lodges  than  were  present  when  such  vote  passed. 

3.  Every  question  moved  and  seconded,  shall  be  put  by  the  chair  ;  and  no  new 
matter  shall  be  brought  forward  until  that  on  hand  shall  be  first  decided  upon. 
No  Brother  shall  speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  question,  unless  with  leave 
of  the  Grand  Master,  or  to  explain  himself.  The  Grand  Master  shall  determine 
all  questions  of  order. 

4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary  to  receive  all  monies  which  shall 
from  time  to  time  become  due  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  make  regular  entries  of  the 
same,  and  pay  them  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  therefor  j 
also  to  take  charge  of  the  archives,  and  keep  fair  records  of  all  the  transactions 
of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  he  shall  also  at  the  close  of  each  Grand  Communication, 
collect  and  arrange  their  proceedings,  cause  them  to  be  printed,  and  transmitted 
to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State  and  elsewhere,  as  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Master  shall  direct. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  to  receive  from  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary, all  monies  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  keep  regular  accounts  of  the  same ; 
and  previous  to  the  close  of  every  yearly  communication,  a  committee  shall  be 
appointed  to  examine  and  settle  his  accounts,  who  shall  report  at  the  next  annual 
Communication :  And  the  Grand  Treasurer  shall  pay  out  the  monies  by  him  re- 
ceived, to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  in  their  recess,  to  the  order  of  the 
Grand  Master. 

G.  No  new  Charter  shall  be  granted,  but  upon  the  petition  of  at  least  five 
known  and  approved  Master  Masons  ;  nor  shall  a  new  warrant  be  granted  to  any 
number  of  Masons  residing  within  less  than  ten  miles  of  the  usual  place  of  meet- 
ing of  any  regularly  established  Lodge,  unless  by  special  dispensation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  ;  and  the  petition  shall  contain  the  causes  which  render  it  expedient 
that  such  Charter  should  be  granted,  with  the  nomination  of  the  Master  ajid 
Wardens  ;  the  petition  being  approved  by  some  regularly  constituted  Lodge  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  petitioners.  Every  Lodge  shall  pay  for  a  Charter  before  de- 
livery, the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars  ;  and  to  the  Grand  Secretary  for  registering  and 
affixing  the  seal,  the  sum  of  five  dollars. 


374  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^J, 

7.  All  appeals  from  the  decision  of  any  private  Lodge  shall  be  made  in  writing 
and  left  with  the  Grand  Secretary  ;  and  the  appellant  shall  give  the  other  party 
one  month  notice  thereof.  All  appeals,  letters,  &c.,  shall  be  read  in  Grand 
Lodge,  but  first  handed  to  the  chair. 

8.  Any  member  excluded  the  Grand  Conmiunioation,  shall  be  excluded  every 
Lodge  under  its  jurisdiction,  until  restored  by  the  Grand  Lodge ;  of  this,  the 
Grand  Secretary  shall  notify  every  Lodge.  ' 

9.  Upon  the  demise  of  any  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge  shall,  within  six  months  after- 
wards, surrender  to  the  Grand  Secretary  the  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds  and 
furniture  of  such  Lodge. 

10.  Each  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  demand  and  re- 
ceive into  the  treasury  of  the  same,  for  entering,  passing  and  raising  each  brother, 
not  less  than  the  following  sums,  viz :  entering  each  Apprentice,  ten  dollars; 
passing  each  Apprentice  to  the  degree  of  Fellow  Craft,  two  dollars  ;  raising  each 
Fellow  Craft  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  three  dollars. 

11.  Each  subordinate  Lodge  shall  transmit  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  at  the  an- 
nual communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  regular  returns  of  their  newly  admitted 
members,  that  such  members  may  be  added  to  the  rolls  of  their  respective  Lodges, 
and  also  a  return  of  the  officers  chosen,  together  with  all  rejections,  suspensions, 
and  expulsions  ;  which  returns  shall  be  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Grand 
Secretary  ;  and  any  Lodge  neglecting  to  make  such  returns,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
into  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  for  each  neglect ;  and 
if  there  has  been  no  one  initiated,  passed,  raised,  expelled,  suspended  or  rejected, 
these  facts  are  also  to  be  returned  or  certified. 

12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  Lodge  within  this  jiirisdiction  to  attend  each 
yearly  communication,  either  by  one  or  more  of  their  officers,  or  proxies  by  them 
appointed ;  and  every  Lodge  which  shall  neglect  so  to  attend,  shall  incur  the 
penalty  of  eight  dollars,  for  each  neglect,  to  be  paid  into  the  stock  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  ;  provided,  that  no  reason,  satisfactory  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next 
communication,  shall  be  given  for  their  non-attendance. 

13.  When  any  Lodge  shall  have  incurred  a  penalty  by  the  breach  of  any  By- 
Law  or  Ordinance  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Secretary 
to  inform  the  Master  of  said  Lodge  that  such  penalty  is  incurred,  and  in  case  the 
same  be  not  paid  to  the  Grand  Secretary  before  the  next  Grand  Communication, 
it  shall  then  be  his  duty  to  report  such  negligent  Lodge  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

14.  No  candidate  shall  be  initiated,  no  Entered  Apprentice  passed  to  the  de- 
gree of  Fellow  Craft,  or  Fellow  Craft  raised  to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Ma- 
son, in  a  different  Lodge  from  that  within  whose  limits  he  actually  resides,  with- 
out a  concurrence  of  the  Lodge  within  whose  limits  he  so  resides,  or  in  which  he 
was  so  initiated  or  jjassed,  first  had  and  obtained ;  M'hich  concurrence  shall  be 
signified  by  ballot,  in  the  same  way  as  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate ;  and 
every  Lodge  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to 
the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  for  every  such  oflence,  and  to  the 
Lodge  against  whicli  the  offence  is  committed,  the  amount  of  fees  received  for  so 
initiating,  passing  or  raising,  as  a  penalty  for  their  doings. 

15.  No  member  of  any  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  who  hath  not  received 


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the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason,  shall  i)roi)ose  to  such  Lodge  any  candidate 
for  admission  into  Masonry  ;  and  that  none  be  admitted  but  by  unanimous  ballot. 

16.  Every  Lodge  within  this  jurisdiction  shall  hereafter  pay  into  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  one  dollar  ujjon  each  initiation  into  such  Lodge. 

17.  No  brother  shall  be  admitted  into  the  Grand  Lodge,  except  he  be  a  mem- 
ber thereof,  or  a  brother  who  is  a  petitioner,  or  a  witness  in  some  cause,  or  in- 
vited in  by  the  Grand  Master  or  presiding  officer. 

18.  All  persons  attending  Grand  Lodge  as  members  thereof,  shall  leave  their 
names  with  the  Grand  Secretary  at  the  Lodge  Pioom  between  the  hours  of  nine 
and  twelve  A.  M.,  on  the  day  of  each  annual  communication  ;  and  those  Mho  ap- 
pear as  proxies  shall  Lodge  the  certificate  of  their  appointment  with  the  Grand 
Secretary,  within  the  same  period.  The  annual  returns  from  the  respective 
Lodges  to  be  made  pursuant  to  the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  exhib- 
ited to  the  Grand  Secretary,  and  the  dues  paid,  within  the  hours  aforesaid. 

19.  The  Secretary  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  receive  annually,  from  the  funds 
thereof,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars,  as  a  compensation  for  his  services  in  discharging 
the  ordinary  duties  of  that  office. 


376  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  lugersoll,  W.  M.,  James  C.  Parker,  S. 
W.,  Daniel  Collins,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Sparrow  Warren,  Henry  Ward,  Elisha  W.  Jones,  Jr.,  Aaron  Miller, 
Erastus  B.  Bills,  Loyal  Scranton,  John  M.  Warland,  Norris  E.  Candee,  Joseph 
Fairchild,  Grove  Smith,  James  F.  Henry,  Earl  Stevens,  Stephen  T.  Northam, 
John  Durrie,  James  Bull,  Horace  Beers,  Benjamin  W.  Blakewell,  Joseph  Wright, 
Stiles  Stevens,  Charles  Love,  Daniel  Burritt,  Timothy  P.  Beers,  David  Finch, 
Julius  Q.  Carlisle.     Admitted — Joel  Potter,  John  Brush. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Horace  Clark,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Spaulding,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Babcock,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Josiah  A.  Flagg,  Alanson  Works,  William  P.  Spencer,  Rev.  Alpheus 
Hayden,  Walter  Lewis,  George  Harris,  Jr.,  Lyman  Phelps,  Charles  B.  Darrow, 
William  Perkins. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Samuel  Stratton,  W.  M.,  Charles  Foote,  S.  W., 
Abijah  Wallace,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Rev.  Asa  Bronson,  Barnard  Prindle,  Daniel  Ufford,  Jr.,  Hosea  Ed- 
wards, Abel  Gould,  Ebenezer  A.  Parrott,  Bennett  F.  Northrop,  John  W.  Bulkley, 
Enos  Bussey.  Admitted — Samuel  Simons,  David  B.  Nichols,  William  L.  Peet, 
William  French,  George  L.  Hart. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Samuel  G.  Goodrich,  W.  M.,  Daniel  P.  Hopkins, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Colton,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Francis  Griswold,  Benjamin  H.  Norton,  Benoni  W.  Barber,  John 
Sill,  Hezekiah  Huntington,  Jr.,  Waterman  Roberts,  Alfred  Copeland,  Charles 
Weeks. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Sands  Adams,  W.  M.,  William  Wilmot,  S.  W.,  Erastus 
H.  Weed,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  Joray,  Noah  Knapp,  William  H.  Weed,  Charles  T.  Leeds, 
John  Leeds,  Jr.,  Daniel  G.  Scott,  Roswell  Hoyt,  Frank  Perret,  Samuel  Keeler, 
James  Searles,  Bartow  F.  White,  Ebenezer  Weed,  Ebenezer  Morehouse,  Ammon 
Baruum,  James  S.  Davenport,  John  S.  Winthrop,  Charles  Downs,  Daniel  Whelp- 
ley,  William  Banks,  Robert  Fairchild,  Peter  Van  Zant.     Restored — Henry  Close. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Stephen  Smith,  W.  M.,  Henry  Selleck,  S.  W., 
Philo  Price,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Leander  Slauson,  Charles  F.  Raymond,  Rufus  Richards,  Henry  W. 
Smith,  Walter  Whiting,  James  B.  Eells,  Joseph  E.  Corker,  Horace  Cooke,  Caleb 
S.  Benedict,  Hugh  McLean,  John  F.  Raymond,  John  J.  Brown,  John  H,  Moore. 
Admitted — Noah  S.  Bailey. 


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1825.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  377 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Chaunccy  B.  Foot,  W.  i\L,  Benjamin 
Doolittle,  S.  W.,  Charles  Ransom,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Edward  Hinman,  John  Summers,  Abram  S.  Smith,  Biro  Doolittle, 
Albert  Guthrie,  Salmon  Bishop,  Daniel  Osborn.     Suspended — Austin  Lum. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.  W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 
Initiated — George  Crofut,  Noah  Parsons. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— Amherst  D.  Scovill,  W.  M.,  Samuel  H.  Fox, 
S.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  F.  Day,  Rev.  Isaac  B.  Barber,  Rev.  William  Jarvis,  Elias 
Harvey,  Jr.-,  Richard  Watrous,  Roderick  Chamberlain,  Israel  Wells.  Admitted — 
Leonard  Pierce. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Phineas  B.  Taylor,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Buel, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  P.  Bolles,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Orris  Phelps,  John  Peters,  Chauncey  McCall,  Lewis  K.  Churchill. 
Admitted — Frederick  A.  King,  Elisha  Hempstead. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Henry  Downs,  W.  M.,  George  Blakeman,  S.  W., 
Lyman  Smith,  Jr.,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Harlow  P.  Sage. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  1-3,  Salisbury— Luther  Ticknor,  W.  M.,  Hiel  Rowly,  S.  W., 
Abijah  C.  Peet,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Frederick  Plum,  Adonirara  Everest,  Samuel  D.  Groat,  John  D.  Ros- 
siter.     Admitted — Rev.  Stephen  Beach. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Henry  Cowles,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Whiting, 
S.  W.,  Joel  Steel,  J.  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— David  C.  Bolles,  W.  M.,  Henry  Clark,  S.  W., 
John  C.  Eldridge,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Frederick  P.  Coe,  Timothy  H.  Morse,  Harvey  Parkhurst,  James 
H.  Hutchins.     Admitted — Charles  Church. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire— Charles  A.  Stanley,  W.  M.,  Elnathan  Beach,  S.  W., 
David  V.  Seeley,  J.  W. 
Initiated — George  W.  Hicks,  David  Scranton. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Alanson  Warren,  W.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  W., 
Ephraim  Downs,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ezra  Fields,  Truman  Loveland.     Admitted — Thomas  Riggs. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Daniel  Blackman,  W.  M.,  McPherson  Sherman,  S. 
W.,  Wheeler  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Hawley  Judd,  Horace  M.  Shepherd,  Eli  Higgins,  Theophilus  Nich- 
ols, Henry  Dutton,  Wheeler  Shepherd,  Jotham  B.  Hawley,  Silas  W.  Sherman. 
Admitted — David  H.  Belden,  Andrew  S.  Wells. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe— Cyrus  H.Beardsley,  W.  M.,  Andrew  Shelton, 
S.  W.,  Levi  Brown,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Charles  B.  Clark,  John  Curtis,  Ephraim  Lane,  Andrew  Clark. 

48 


378  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Ira  E.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W.,  Oliver 
Hart,  J.  W. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford— Edward  Hunt,  W.  M.,  Charles  A.Randall, 
S.  W.,  Oliver  W.  Pickett,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Franklin  Stedman,  Stephen  Miles. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— A.  A.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Isaac  Warren,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Joshua  Barstow,  W.  M.,  Mason  White,  S.  W., 
Charles  Prentice,  J.  W. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Jasper  Gilbert,  W.  M.,  Charles  Brigham,  S.  W., 
Alfred  Whaley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Stephen  Morey,  Joseph  Burnham,  Rev.  Ella  Dunham,  Edward  Mar- 
cy,  John  Warren,  Jr.,  Zenas  Leonard,  Henry  Packer.  Admitted — Ichabod  Bulk- 
ley,  Benjamin  G.  Evans. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  George  Merrick,  S. 
W.,  Ruel  Richardson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Walter  Robinson,  Truman  Martin,  Patrick  Preston.  Rhodolphus 
Potter,  William  Bliss,  James  W.  White,  Israel  F.  Hale. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— David  B.  Ventres,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Cook, 
S.  W.,  Roswell  Brainard,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Theodore  H.  Arnold,  Erasmus  Gladding,  Edward  R.  Clark,  George 
C.  Arnold,  Edward  S.  Blakeslee,  Marshall  Greene,  Bliss  T.  Brainard,  Simeon 
Scranton,  Ansel  Warner,  David  Phelps. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  A.  Ryan,  W.  M.,  John  Goodyear, 
S.  W.,  Avery  Allen,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Henry  H.  Fowler,  Daniel  B.  Calhoun,  William  D.  Hartwell,  David 
C.  Whittlesey,  Henry  Odell,  John  Bolles.     Expelled — Alva  S.  Warner. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  Warehouse  Point^William  Parsons,  W.  M.,  Solo- 
mon Terry,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Harvey  Terry,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Walter  Sanderson,  Col.  John  Watson,  Winslow  Paraeter,  Calvin 
Gaines,  Jonathan  Clark,  Calvin  Chapman,  Levi  Lord,  Isaiah  Allen,  Jr.,  Jeremg 
Bliss,  Rev.  Jeremiah  F.  Bridges,  Jonatlian  Pease,  Jr.,  Asahel  Hubbard,  Asa  Wil- 
ley,  Jabez  King,  Jr.,  Horace  Holkins,  Eliphalet  Smith.  Admitted — Horace 
Hervey. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Orrin  B.  Freeman,  W.  M.,  Ansel  Humphreys,  S. 
W.,  Luther  Higley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Solomon  E.  More,  Dayton  Spencer,  Solomon  Horsford,  Jarvis  Coxe, 
Ranslear  Barnes,  David  Foster.     Admitted — Julius  Spring. 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Ilamden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.  M.,  Lewis  Goodyear,  S.  W., 
Allen  Tirrel,  J.  W. 

Admitted — Theron  Hart. 


1825.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  379 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— D.  T.  Brainard,  W.  M.,  Charles  Bntler,  S.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  Bolles,  Nathaniel  Holt,  Euclid  Elliot,  James  Loomis,  Wm. 
Belcher,  Levi  Case,  Francis  Smith,  Wm.  W.  Hubbard,  John  Farrell,  William  F. 
Brainard,  Humphrey  Baker,  Wm.  Wileman.     Admitted — Lodowick  Fosdick. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Salmon  AVeston,  W.  M.,  Adoniram  Carter, 

5.  W.,  Jonathan  Wright,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  M.  Curtiss,  Benoni  P.  Beardsley,  Ames  Starr.  Julius  W.  Bee- 
man,  Joseph  H.  Bennett,  Daniel  B.  Everett,  Isaac  Hinman,  David  Mallory,  Daniel 
W.  Stone.  Admitted — Jonathan  Wright,  Dennis  Hawes,  Ebenezer  S.  Peters, 
Norman  Peters,  John  T.  Peters.     Suspended — Barny  Abbott. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Seth  Clark,  W.  M.,  Orrin  Pearl,  S.  W., 
Alpheus  S.  Brockett,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alvin  E.  Bevins,  William  Barnes,  Elizur  H.  Clark. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— Asa  Child,  AY.  M.,  Jacob  Rowe,  S.  W.,  Sam'l 
Mory,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Horatio  N.  Tracey,  Rev.  S.  B.  Paddock,  Beriah  H.  Smith,  William 

6.  Johnson,  Stephen  L.  Hommedieu,  Rev.  Asahel  Steele,  George  L.  Nottage,  Cal- 
vin Burden,  Thomas  Rogers,  John  AV.  Spaulding.  Admitted — Dixwell  Lathrop, 
Daniel  Williams.     Restored — AA'^illiam  Gordon.     Suspended — David  Tracey,  Jr. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— Guy  R.  Sanford,  W.  M.,  Willard  Hitchcock,  S. 
W.,  William  S.  Goodsell,  J.  AV. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Daniel  B.  Holcomb,  AA^.  M.,  Hiram  R.  Pettibone, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  Weed,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Horace  Harvey,  Amos  Hatheway,  Anson  Bates,  Luke  C.  Prouty. 
Admitted — George  Norton.     Expelled — William  H.  Huggins. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Augustus  P.  Pease,  AV.  M.,  Bailey  Birge, 
S.  AV.,  Jedediah  Phelps,  J.  W. 
Initiated — George  Cave,  Hiram  Baldwin.     Admitted — Harvey  Bunell. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Merrit  Foot,  AV.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
George  C.  Bradley,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Samuel  P.  Russell,  James  W.  Frisbie,  Judah  Frisbie. 

ARK,  No.  39,  AVeston— Lemuel  B.  Hull,  AV.  M.,  John  B.  Merritt,  S.  W.,  Jona- 
than Crofutt,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Joseph  Darling,  Aaron  Hawley,  Nash  Couch,  Eli  Mallory,  Andrew 
Comstock,  David  Patchin,  Samuel  Brown,  Wakeman  Smith,  David  Sanford,  Au- 
gustus Sanford,  Alfred  Gregory.  Bradley  Gould,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Freeman.  Ad- 
mitted— Stejjhen  Wheeler,  James  Denison. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  B.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  David  Dobbs,  S.  W.,  Martin 
Mead,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Hiram  Cole,  Nathaniel  H.  AVildraan,  Starr  Ferry,  Comfort  Whitlock, 
Alva  Taylor.     Admitted — George  Seeley. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield— Henry  Euggles,  W.  M..  Daniel  Holly,  E,  W., 
Zalmon  Goodsel,  J.  W. 


380  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Andrew  Adams,  W.  M.,  Harvey  Judd,  S.  W., 
Selden  Lewis,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Ovange  M.  Stevens,  Leonard  Piatt,  Linus  Stevens,  Marshall  Hoadley. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— "William  Webb,  W.  M.,  Vine  Hovey,  S.  W., 
Chauncey  F.  Cleaveland,  J.  W. 

Initiated— 3 o\m  Armstrong,  Martin  Safford,  Guilford  D.  Young.  Suspended— 
Thomas  S.  Smith. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Andrew  A.  AVilliams,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Child,  S.  W., 
John  Fowler,  2d,  J.  W. 

Initiated— lch?iho(\.  Bulkley,  SamuelJohnson,  Nathan  Austin,  Daniel  P.  Tyler, 
Joseph  P.  Barrett,  Elias  M.  Skinner,  Thomas  S.  Aldrich,  Salmon  Champion,  Ru- 
fus  L.  Matthewson,  Peter  Chandler,  Elisha  Perkins,  Asa  Witter.  Admitted — 
Silas  Jones,  Lewis  T.  Simons.     Expelled — Benjamin  Dexter. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— David-  M.  Clark,  W.  M.,  Cyrus  Bradley, 
S.  AV.,  Henry  C.  Atwood,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Garry  Riggs,  John  L.  Fairchild,  Roswell  Cable,  Ezi'a  L.  Bassett, 
Bennett  Perry,  2d,  Joseph  D.  Wooster,  Daniel  Lum,  Giles  Lindlej'.  Admitted — 
Enos  Wooster.     Expelled — Benjamin  S.  Hurd,  Divine  Chatfield. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Luther  Skiff,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Barton,  S.  W.,  Ezra 
Skiif,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Austin  Thompson. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— William  Crocker,  W.  M.,  Czar  Jones,  S.  W., 
David  Keeler,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Samuel  Church,  Erastus  S.  Bouton,  Nathan  H.  Rice. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Cyrus  Mann,  W.  M.,  Sherman  McLean,  S.  W., 
Samuel  0.  HoUister,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  Phillips,  John  Townsend,  William  B.  Tabor,  Horatio  Dow, 
Hezekiah  King,  Ransford  Button,  Augustus  K.  White,  Alonzo  AV.  Birge. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Frederick  Morgan,  W.  M.,  Ira  Lee,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
R.  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Oliver  Clark,  William  A.  Brown. 

MOUNT  OLIVE,  No.  52,  Saybrook— Pliny  Hamant,  W.  M.,  Prentice  Pendle- 
ton, S.  AV.,  S.  AV.  Pratt,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Simeon  Brooks,  Elkanah  Corbit,  Samuel  Ely,  Elihu  Pratt,  AVarren 
White. 

AVIDOAV'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— AA^illiam  S.  Frink,  AV.  M.,  John  D. 
Gallup,  S.  AV.,  Roswell  R.  Avery,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Rev.  G.  B.  Perry,  Jonathan  E.  Culver,  Giles  AVheeler. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Abiel  K.  Botsford,  AV.  M.,  Charles  Y.  Clark,  S. 
W.,  Albert  F.  Roberts,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Gabriel  Fecto,  AVilliam  H.  Fuller,  Edward  Gernon,  Samuel  J.  Prin- 
dle,  Augustine  P.  Smith,  Selden  Noj-es,  Frederick  A.  King,  Kingman  Briggs, 
Charles  E.  Berry,  John  Dean,  Roswell  Clark,  Christopher  N.  Ducher,  Hiram  Cur- 
(tis,  Elias  K.  Chamberlain.     AdimMed — Abiel  K.  Botsford. 


1825.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  381 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— George  W.  Bull,  W.  M.,  William  North,  S.  W., 
George  Bissell,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  Phippeny,  John  Grant,  William  Russell,  Jeremiah  Page, 
Ephraim  W.  Wolcott.  Admitted— Zoalma,  Burton,  Stephen  R.  Fielding,  Benjamin 
Dealing. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— Cornelius  B.  Andrews,  W.  M.,  Irenus  Atkins,  S. 
W.,  I.  B.  Hart,  J.  W. 

Initiated— ^o\oi\\on  Parker,  L.  A.  Cook,  Elizur  Piatt,  Morris  Cook,  Benjamin 
Terril.  Admitted — Orrin  Jerome,  Daniel  Mills,  Jonathan  B.  Hart.  Expelled — 
William  Johnson. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington  Borough— Samuel  F.  Denison,  W.  M.,  William 
Hyde,  S.  W.,  Ephraim  Williams,  J.  W. 

Initiated— So\m  H.  Sawyer,  Hubbard  H.  Burrows,  Hiram  Clift,  Caleb  Burrows, 
Stephen  Burrows,  Austin  Packer,  James  A.  Sawyer,  Gilbert  Wheeler,  Simeon 
Palmer,  Zeba  D.  Palmer,  Thomas  P.  Stanton.  Admitted — Justin  Dennison,  Rev. 
Gideon  B.  Perry,  Alfred  A.  Avery,  John  Sabins,  William  Storer,  Jr. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  W.  M.,  Amos 
Beecher.  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Ezekiel  Alderman,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Key.  Salmon  Geddings,  Harvey  Taintor,  Willis  Wright,  Ezekiel  W, 
Wright.     Admitted — Anson  Wlieeler. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Andrew  Denison,  W.  M.,  Barlow  Rose,  S.  W., 
Curtis  Rose,  J.  W. 

Initiated — William  C.  Gay,  Luther  Loomis,  Hezekiah  Spencer,  Wm.  H.  Owen, 
Elisha  S.  Taylor,  Horace  Warner,  Gamaliel  Granger,  Isaac  Remington,  Jr.,  Parkes 
Loomis,  Samuel  Hanchet,  Allen  Loomis,  Moses  S.  Austin. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— William  Field,  W.  M.,  Richard  Stroud,  S.  W., 
Charles  S.  Thomson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Rev.  Thomas  G.  Farnsworth,  Alva  Francis,  Lyman  Spelman,  Frank- 
lin Orcutt,  Rev.  Joseph  Knight,  Charles  Cheney,  Joseph  Foskit,  Oliver  Grant, 
Novatus  Chapman,  George  A.  Howard,  Elijah  Fairman,  Sylvester  Glazier,  Cyrus 
Ferry.  Admitted — John  Streeter,  Jeremiah  Parish,  John  Warren,  Harry  Cogs- 
well.    Expelled — Josejjh  Smith,  2d. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen— John  H.  Collins,  W.  M.,  Myron  Harrison, 
S.  W.,  Chauncey  Hurlbut,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  H.  North,  Anson  Rogers,  Nelson  Brewster,  Samuel  W.  Gold, 
Moses  Wadhams.     Admitted — Uriali  Turner. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Martin  Stanley,  W.M.,  Allen  Stewart,  S.  W., 
Joseph  Noyes,  J.  W. 

Initiated— yfarren  Thompson,  Joel  Gurley,  Cyrus  Goodell,  Sterry  Bennett, 
Oliver  D.  Boyd,  George  Carriel. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven— AVilliam  H.  Jones,  W.  M.,  William  W.  Board- 
man,  S.  W.,  Augustus  R.  Street,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Avery  C.  Babcock,  Sherlock  J.  Andrews,  Charles  C.  Lathrop,  Joel 
G.  Candee,  Wm.  P.  Skinner,  Sherman  Converse,  Simeon  C.  Steele,  Admitted — 
Aaron  C.  White. 


382  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

ST.  ANDREW'S,  No.  64,  Winsted— Luman  AVakeBeld,  W.  M.,  James  M.  Boyd, 
S.  W.,  Wheelock  Thayer,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Leonard  Bissell,  John  Breck,  Solomon  C.  Smith,  Jonathan  Deming, 
Jr.,  George  Goodrich,  Warham  L.  Fitch,  Lorrain  Rood,  John  Newell. 

TEMPLE,  No.  61,  Saugatuck— Samuel  Jackson,  W.  M.,  Talcott  Banks,  S.  W., 
Henry  Sherwood,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Barker,  Frederick  A.  Sanford,  Charles  Jessup,  John  M.  Hart, 
Barnard  Osborn,  William  H.  Jessup,  John  Clapp,  Daniel  Burr,  David  Coley,  Burr 
Meeker,  Zalmon  Adams,  Davis  Taylor,  Thomas  B.  Trowbridge.  Admitted — 
Joshua  Adams,  Jr. 


1826.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  383 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1826. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holden  at  the  Mafonic  Rooms,  in  the  Tontine  Building,  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  on  Wednefday,  the  10th  day  of 
May,  A.  D.  1826,  A.  L.  5826: 

OFFICERS  PRESENT, 

E.  W.  DANIEL  B.  BRINSMADE,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       JAMES  CARRINGTON,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
"      WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 

AMHERST  D.  SCOVILL,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

WILLIAM  G.  GAY,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  William  H. 
Ellis,  Nahum  Hayward. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Horace  Clark,  Charles  Dyer. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Sam'l  Simons,  Richard  V.  Dey. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Jeremy  Hoadley. 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Charles  Hawley. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Henry  Selleck,  Philo  Price,  Ed- 
win Hoyt. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Charles  B.  Phelps. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Robert  Fairchild. 

No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Randal  Cook,  Frederick  Lewis, 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Amherst  D.  Scovill,  Samuel  H. 
Fox. 

No,  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — George  Dewey. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Henry  Downs. 


384  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Bela  Spalding,  David  C.  Bolles. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Stephen  Seymour. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Henry  Dutton,  Theophilus Nichols. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Cyrus  H.  Beardsley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Ira  E.  Smith,  Luther  Beckley. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Eli  Mygatt. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Archibald  A.  Perkins,  Hezekiah 
Thomas,  Jr. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Daniel  Burnham,  Hiram  Eider. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Wm.  Webb. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam — David  B.  Ventres. 

No.  27,  Kising  Sun,  Washington — Warren  E.  Fowler,  Freder- 
ick J.  Fenn. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Thomas  H.  Bond. 

No,  29,  Village,  Canton — Ansel  Humphreys. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Jacob  Whiting, 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Frederick  Lee,  Dyer  T.  Brainard. 

No.  32,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren — Manly  Peters. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Julius  Bristol. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Asa  Child,  Asa  Eoath, 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Willard  Hitchcock, Joel  G.Candee. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby— Frederick  W.  Jewett. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk— Joseph  Battell. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford — Jedediah  Lathrop. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — Lemuel  B.  Hull,  Ira  Baldwin. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Ira  E.  Wildman,  Frederick  S.  Wild- 
man,  Oliver  Shepherd. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Daniel  Holley. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Horace  Porter. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star^  Windham — Vine  Hovey. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Samuel  Dresser,  Abraham  W,  Paine. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire,  Cyrus  Humphrey. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Philo  Mills. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Eidgefield — Jeremiah  Mead. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Leonard  Hendee,  Jabez  L.  White. 


1826.] 


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385 


No.  51 
No.  52 

No.  53 

No.  54 
No.  55 

No.  56 
No.  57 
No.  58 

No.  59 
No.  60 
No.  61 
No.  62 

No.  63 


No. 

64, 

No. 

65, 

No. 

66 

No. 

67. 

No. 

68 

No. 

69 

No. 

70 

Warren,  Chatham — Ralph  Smith. 

Mount  Olive,  Saybrook — Timothy  Starkey,  Samuel  Ing- 
ham. 

Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Coddington  Billings, 
Thomas  T.  Wells. 

Hamilton,  Sharon — Ansel  Sterling. 

Seneca,  Torrington — William  North,  Stephen  K.  Field- 
ing. 

Franklin,  Bristol — Cornelius  B.  Andrews. 

Asylum,  Stonington — George  Hubbard,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr. 

Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — AmosBeecher,  Jr.,  Jesse 
Ives. 

Apollo,  Suffield— Wm.  C.  Gay. 

Wolcott,  Stafford — Rodolphus  Woodworth. 

Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Truman  Star,  Peter  Bierce. 

Orient,  East  Hartford— Timothy  Hall,  Chas.  H.  01m- 
stead. 

Adelphi,  New  Haven — William  H.  Jones,  Augustus  R. 
Street,  Dennis  Kimberly. 

St.  Andrew's,  Winsted — Luman  Wakefield,  John  Boyd. 

Temple,  Saugatuck — Joshua  Adams. 

Widow's  Son,  Branford — James  W.  Frisbie,  Calvin 
Frisbie. 

Harmony,  New  Canaan — Samuel  Raymond. 

Charity,  Groton — Roswell  Allen,  Erastus  T.  Smith. 

Fayette,  Ellington — Asa  Willey. 

Washington,  Windsor — James  0.  Pond. 


IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  a  solemn  address  to  the  Throne  of  Grace,  by  the  Grand 
Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of 
Masonry,  by  the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

The  following  letter  from  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  was  pre- 
sented and  read  : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

Brethren, — Having  concluded  to  remov3  into  the  State  of  New  York  in  the 
course  of  the  summer,  I  would  decline  being  a  candidate  for  any  office  in  the 

49 


386  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Grand  Lodge  at  the  approaching  election.  In  taking  leave  of  my  worthy  and 
much  respected  brethren,  I  beg  them  to  accept  my  sincere  thanks,  for  the  many 
distinguished  honors  which  they  have  heretofore  conferred  on  me.  However  we 
may  be  separated,  I  shall  always  cherish  a  grateful  recollection  of  their  friend- 
ship, and  their  general  and  individual  prosperity  will  ever  be  an  object  of  my  ar- 
dent wishes  and  fervent  prayers. 

ELTZUR  GOODRICH,  Jun.,   Grand  Master. 
Hartford,  April  26,  1826. 

E.  W.  James  Carrington,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  rose  in  liis 
place,  and  after  expressing  his  thanks  to  the  brethren  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  their  honorable  notice  of  him  heretofore,  de- 
clined being  a  candidate  for  any  office  at  this  time. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"        Amherst  D.  Scovill,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
."         William  C.  Gat,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"        Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  elect  then  made  the  following  ap- 
pointments, viz : 

W.  Bro.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Asa  Child,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Eev.    Charles  A.  Boardman,  Grand  Chaplain. 
Brs.    Elisha  Hamngton  and  Anson  Colton,  G.  Stewards. 
Bro.   Azor  Hatch,  Grand  Tyler. 

A  petition  was  received  from  brethren  in  Greenwich,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  read, 
and  after  some  debate,  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communi- 
cation. 

A  petition  was  received  and  read,  praying  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Lodge  in  the  village  of  Jewett  City.     After  due  de- 


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liberation,  it  was  decided  not  to  grant  the  prayer  of  this  peti- 
tion. 

A  petition  was  received  from  several  brethren  in  Salem,  for  a 
Lodge  in  that  town,  which  was  granted,  by  the  name  of  "  Sa- 
lem Lodge,  No.  71." 

A  petition  from  brethren  in  the  town  of  Fairfield,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  was  received, 
considered  and  granted  ;  the  Lodge  to  be  known  by  the  name 
of  "  La  Fayette,  No.  72." 

A  petition  was  received  from  brethren  in  Manchester,  praying 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  in  that  town.  After  some 
discussion,  a  charter  was  granted,  the  Lodge  to  be  called  "Man- 
chester, No.  73,"  the  limits  to  extend  no  further  north  in  Ver- 
non than  a  line  running  due  east  from  the  north-east  corner  of 
Manchester  to  Coventry  town  line. 

A  charter  was  also  granted  for  a  Lodge  to  be  located  in  the 
town  of  Cornwall,  to  be  called  "  Blazing  Star,  No.  74,"  agree- 
able to  the  prayer  of  a  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  at 
that  place. 

The  Grrand  Secretary  presented  a  communication  from  St. 
John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  Stratford,  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  the  fol- 
lowing words,  viz  : 

At  a  special  meeting  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  regularly  convened  at  the  Lodge 
Room  in  Stratford,  Sept.  19th,  1825— 

Whereas,  Matthias  Nicoll,  John  Thompson,  Daniel  Judson,  and  Samuel  William 
Johnson,  did,  on  the  6th  day  of  inst.  September,  make  out  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  a  quit-claim  deed  in  and  to  a  certain  piece  of  land, 
together  with  the  building  thereon  standing,  in  the  town  of  Stratford  in  trust,  for 
the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  members  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  and  their 
successors  forever : 

Voted,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  be  requested  to  accept  said  trust,  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  mentioned  in  said  deed ;  and  that  the  Worshipful  Master  be  requested 
to  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  a  copy  of  said  vote,  together 
with  the  deed,  to  be  laid  before  tlie  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next  annual  communi- 
cation.    A  true  copy  of  record.     Test, 

ROBERT  W.  WALKER,  Secretary. 

Stratford,  Sept.  19,  1825. 

Whereupon,  it  was  resolved,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  accept  of 
said  trust,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  mentioned  in  said  deed. 


388  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  tlie  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  four  hundred 
and  twenty-nine  dollars  and  ninety  cents,  in  cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the  Hart- 
ford Bank.     All  of  which  is  respectfullj"  submitted, 

ANDREW  KIDSTON, 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  J-  Committee. 
CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL, 
New  Haven,  May  10,  1826. 


i 


A  petition  was  received  from  several  brethren  residing  in  the 
town  of  Colebrook,  praying  that  the  limits  of  St.  Andrew's 
Lodge,  No.  64,  may  be  extended  over  said  town  ;  which  was 
granted. 

Upon  the  application  of  members  of  Asylum  Lodge,  No.  57, 
for  permission  to  hold  their  communications  alternately  at  the 
Borough  of  Stonington  and  at  Mystic,  it  was  voted  that  per- 
mission be  granted. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  St.  James'  Lodge,  No.  23,  of 
Preston,  be  authorized  to  hold  all  or  a  part  of  their  communi- 
cations at  Jewett  City,  as  may  be  regulated  by  a  legal  vote  of 
said  Lodge. 

A  petition  was  received  from  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  28. 
located  at  East  Windsor,  praying  the  Grand  Lodge  to  establish 
a  line  of  jurisdiction  between  that  Lodge  and  Fayette  Lodge, 
No.  69,  Ellington.  Whereupon,  it  was  voted,  that  K.  W.  Brs. 
James  M,  Groodwin  and  William  C.  Gay  be  a  committee  to 
settle  and  establish  the  boundary  limits  of  said  Morning  Star 
Lodge,  until  the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  then  make  report  of  their  doings. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment  until 
half  past  7  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


I 


1826.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  389 

Thursday  Morning,  May  11. 

At  half  past  7  o'clock,  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  resumed 
his  seat  in  the  East,  when  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from 
refreshment  to  labor,  and  proceeded  to  business. 

A  petition  from  sundry  members  of  King  Hiram  Lodge,  No. 
12,  Derby,  was  presented  and  read,  praying  for  the  removal  of 
said  Lodge  to  the  village  of  Humphreysville,  or  for  the  grant  of 
a  charter  for  a  new  Lodge  to  be  located  at  said  Humphreysville. 
The  prayer  was  not  granted. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  E.  W.  Brs.  James  M.  Good- 
win, William  H.  Jones,  and  William  C.  Gay,  be  a  committee 
to  procure  a  new  set  of  jewels,  collars  and  sashes  for  the  officers 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  that  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  hun- 
dred dollars  be  appropriated  for  that  purpose. 

Pecuniary  relief  was  asked  in  behalf  of  Bro.  James  Beebe,  a 
worthy  and  distressed  member  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  Dan- 
bury  ;  whereupon,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Treasurer  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  be  directed  to  pay  into  the  hands  of  Bro.  Oliver  Shep- 
herd, the  sum  of  forty  dollars,  to  be  expended  by  him  for  the 
relief  and  support  of  said  Bro.  Beebe. 

A  petition  from  members  of  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  ask- 
ing to  have  said  Lodge  removed  from  the  town  of  Granby  to 
the  north  part  of  Simsbury,  was  presented  and  read,  and  some 
discussion  had  thereon.  Whereupon,  it  was  voted,  that  said 
petition  be  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  and 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  settle  the  line  of  jurisdiction 
between  said  Lodge  and  Village  Lodge,  No.  29,  Canton  ;  and 
that  St.  Mark's  Lodge  have  permission  to  hold  their  communi- 
cations at  anyplace  which  they  may  choose  within  their  own 
jurisdiction,  and  that  said  committee  perform  that  duty  at  the 
expense  of  St.  Mark's  Lodge.  Brs.  James  M.  Goodwin,  Wm. 
C.  Gay,  and  James  0.  Pond,  were  appointed  on  the  aforesaid 
committee. 

The  Grand  Lodge  having  at  this  communication  removed 
from  their  old  quarters  into  the  new  Lodge  Koom  in  the  Ton- 
tine Building,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 


390  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  hereby  relinquish  all  claim  which  they  may 
have  to  tlie  room  heretofore  occupied  and  used  by  them,  in  the  house  of  Br.  Amos 
Doolittle,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven ;  and  that  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed 
to  cancel  and  give  up  to  Bro.  Doolittle  the  lease  of  the  same,  now  held  by  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the  sum  of 
twenty-five  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  Masonic  Hall  in  the  Tontine  Building,  in 
New  Haven,  whenever  the  same  is  occupied  for  the  communications  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  tlie  Grand  Lodge  communi- 
cations from  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  Hampshire,  New  York, 
New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  &c.,  relative  to  the  erection  of  a 
Monument,  by  the  Masonic  Fraternity  of  the  United  States,  to 
the  memory  of  our  illustrious  Brother  George  Washington, 
and  the  creation  of  a  fund  for  that  purpose,  by  appropriations 
from  the  different  Grand  Lodges.  The  communications  having 
been  read  and  discussed,  the  following  resolutions  were  proposed 
and  adopted  : 

Resohed,  That  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  be  appropriated  by  this  Grand 
Lodge  to  the  erection  of  a  Monument  to  the  memory  of  our  Illustrious  Brother, 
General  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  whenever  similar  appropriations,  amounting 
to  ten  thousand  dollars,  shall  have  been  made  by  the  other  Grand  Lodges  of  the 
United  States. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Master  be  authorized  to  appoint  three  Trustees  from 
this  Grand  Lodge,  to  meet  with  such  Trustees  as  may  be  appointed  by  the  other 
Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  at  the  City  of  Washington,  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  on  the  third  Wednesday  of  February,  1827,  then  and  there  to  form 
themselves  into  an  Association  by  the  name  of  "  The  Trustees  of  the  Masonic 
Fund  for  erecting  a  Monument  over  the  remains  of  Washington,  at  Mount  Ver- 
non." And  the  said  Trustees  shall  be  authorized  to  make  such  arrangements  as 
they  shall  deem  expedient  for  erecting  said  Monument ;  and  they  shall  report 
their  plan  and  proceedings  to  the  different  Grand  Lodges  respectively  appointing 
them ;  and  if  a  majority  of  such  Grand  Lodges  shall  approve  their  plan,  said 
Trustees  are  authorized  and  empowered  to  erect  the  same. 

On  motion  of  K.  W.  Bro.  Scovill,  it  was  ordered,  that  the 
Grand  Treasurer  be  authorized  and  directed  to  invest,  in  some 
of  the  incorporated  banks  in  this  State,  a  sum  not  exceeding 
twelve  hundred  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  amount  already  in- 
vested. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Asa  Child,  the  following  resolutions  wei-e 
adopted  : 


1826.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  391 

Resolved,  That  the  sixth  article  of  tlie  By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  altered 
by  erasing  the  word  "  fifteen,"  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  "  fifty" — so  that  it 
shall  read,  "  Every  Lodge  shall  pay  for  a  charter  before  delivery,  the  sum  of  fifty 
dollars,  and  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  for  registering,  five  dollars." 

Resolved,  That  the  subordinate  Lodges  under  this  jurisdiction  may  initiate, 
pass  and  raise,  settled  or  regularly  licensed  clergymen,  without  taking  the  regu- 
lar fees  established  by  the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported,  that  Orient  Lodge^  No.  62,  at 
East  Hartford,  was  not  represented  at  the  last  Grand  Commu- 
nication ;  and  satisfactory  reasons  being  offered  for  the  delin- 
quency, the  penalty  incurred  was  remitted. 

Pythagoras  Lodge,  No.  45,  at  Lyme,  was  also  reported  by 
the  Grand  Secretary,  as  having  made  no  returns,  and  as  not  be- 
ing represented,  at  the  last  Grand  Communication  ;  and  it  ap- 
pearing that  said  Lodge  had  been  in  like  manner  delinquent 
for  several  years,  and  had  also  neglected  to  pay  the  penalty  in- 
flicted, it  was  voted,  that  the  9th  article  of  the  By-Laws  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  be  enforced  against  Pythagoras  Lodge,  No.  45, 
and  that  Bro.  Frederick  Lee  be  appointed  a  committee  to  call 
on  the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge,  and  also  on 
the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  43,  at 
Killingworth,  and  demand  the  surrender  of  the  books,  papers, 
jewels,  funds  and  furniture  of  said  Lodges. 

The  committee  on  the  appeal  of  Bro.  Elisha  Tucker,  made 
the  following  report  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

We,  the  subscribers,  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  session  in  May, 
A.  L.,  5825,  a  committee  to  hear  the  facts  and  report  on  the  same,  on  the  petition 
of  Bro.  Elisha  Tucker,  foi'merly  a  member  of  St.  James'  Lodge,  Preston, — the  said 
Tucker  praying  the  Grand  Lodge  that  a  sentence  of  expulsion  passed  upon  him 
by  said  St.  James'  Lodge,  may  be  revoked. 

The  committee  after  giving  due  notice  to  said  St.  James'  Lodge,  and  also  to 
said  Tucker,  met  at  the  house  of  Elkauah  Eaton,  in  Plainfield,  June  20,  A.  L. 
6825.  Bro.  John  R.  Watrous  was  chosen  chairman,  and  Thomas  Hubbard  clerk. 
St.  James'  Lodge  did  not  appear.  Bro.  Elisha  Tucker  appeared  personally  and 
by  counsel.  The  committtee  heard  the  petitioner  by  his  counsel  and  examined 
the  documents. 

It  appeared  to  the  committee  that  a  verbal  accusation  was  made  to  said  St. 
James'  Lodge  by  Bro.  Adam  Chapman,  of  said  Lodge.  Upon  which,  a  committee 
on  said  complaint  was  appointed  by  said  Lodge,  consisting  of  said  Bro.  Adam 
Chapman  and  two  other  brethren  of  said  Lodge. 


392  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

It  does  not  appear  that  said  Bro.  Elislia  Tucker  was  ever  notified  of  the  ap- 
pointment of  said  committee,  nor  of  their  report  to  said  Lodge,  nor  of  his  sen- 
tence of  expulsion,  until  he  appeared  at  said  Lodge  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  at 
a  celebration  of  the  festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  some  months  afterwards, 
when  he  was  informed  of  the  fact,  and  accordingly  withdrew. 

Without  expressing  any  opinion  of  the  guilt  or  criminality  of  said  Bro.  Elisha 
Tucker,  we  object  to  the  proceedings  connected  with  his  expulsion,  for  the  fol- 
lowing reasons  : 

1st.  The  accusation  was  not  made  in  writing.  2d.  The  accuser  was  appointed 
on  the  committee.  3d.  There  is  no  evidence  that  said  Bro.  Elisha  Tucker  ever 
had  any  information  of  the  appointment  of  said  committee,  of  the  time  and  place 
of  their  meeting;  or  of  the  time  of  their  report  to  said  Lodge,  nor  of  the  sentence 
of  expulsion  passed  by  said  Lodge,  until  four  months  after  the  whole  had  been 
accomplished. 

We  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  sentence  of  expulsion  passed  on  said 
Bro.  Tucker  be  revoked,  and  that  he  be  admitted  to  his  former  good  standing  in 

said  Lodge. 

JOHN  R.  WATROUS, 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,  ^  Committee. 

ANDREW  HARRIS, 


■'■! 


Whereuj)oii,  it  was  voted,  that  the  above  report  be  accepted, 
and  that  the  sentence  of  expulsion  passed  against  Bro.  Elisha 
Tucker,  by  St.  James'  Lodge,  be  annulled,  and  that  he  be  re- 
stored to  his  former  good  standing  in  said  Lodge. 

The  M.  W,  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Charles  A.  Inger- 
soll,  James  Carrington,  and  Andrew  Kidston,  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  Secretary,  and  report  at 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Eev,  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Ch-and  Secretary. 


1826.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  393 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  lugersoll,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Collins,  S. 
W.,  Nahiun  Hayward,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Henrj^  Miller,  Kneeland  Townsend,  Jr.,  Stephen  Daggett,  Charles 
E.  Candee,  Moses  Couch,  Henry  H.  Monson,  Leonard  Smith,  Philander  B.  Hine, 
Anson  G.  Bodwell,  Peter  L.  Armstrong,  Alva  Granniss,  Joseph  Yeomans.  Ad- 
mitted— Eliphalet  G.  Storer,  David  Moulthrop,  Josiah  Brinsmade. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Horace  Clark,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Babcock,  S. 
W.,  Hezekiah  L.  Hosmer,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Rev.  Birdseye  G.  Noble,  Richard  Macey,  James  H.  Williams,  Ed- 
•ward  S.  Cone,  Frederick  A.  Bevins,  John  C.  Palmer,  Charles  Tucker,  Hiram  P. 
Woodworth,  Elisha  Dunbar,  Truman  B.  Ransom,  Peter  Cook,  Rev.  Walter  Colton. 
Admitted — Pierre  Thomas,  John  R.  Dodge.     Expelled — Chaimcey  Beebe. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Samuel  Stratton,  W.  M.,  Chas.  Foote,  S.  W., 
LeAvis  C.  Segee,  .J.  W. 

Initiated — Sylvester  May,  Sherlock  Monson,  Samuel  B.  Ferguson,  Edwin  Bxir- 
low,  Hiram  Middlebrooks,  Increase  Allen,  Lewis  Fitch,  L.  N.  Deforest,  H.  Davis, 
Levi  Turney,  B.  F.  Nichols,  Rev.  Richard  V.  Dey.     Admitted — fifteen. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— James  Ward,  W.  M.,  Thomas  K.  Brace,  S.  W., 
Charles  Shelden,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Joseph  W.  Dimmock,  Theodore  Spencer,  Orrin  Webster,  Hermon 
Chapin,  Asa  Fox,  Otis  Newell,  William  J.  Atkins,  Aaron  Goodman,  Samuel  Clark, 
Martin  Pease,  Allen  Goodwin,  Nathan  B.  Morse,  Gideon  Wells,  John  M.  Danforth, 
Orlando  Clark. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— John  W.  Leeds,  W.  M.,  William  Wilmot,  S.  W.,  Isaac 
Quintard,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Griffith,  Charles  Downs,  Edwin  Lee,  Jacob  White,  John  J. 
Tracey. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  Selleck,  W.  M.,  Philo  Price,  S.  W.,  Edwin 
Hoyt,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Henry  C.  Lobdell,  Nehemiah  Sherwood,  Richard  Pike,  Noah  S.  Day, 
William  Lockwood,  George  B.  Benjamin,  Ward  Chichester,  James  W.  Hyatt,  Hi- 
ram Hurlbut,  Charles  JellifF.  Abraham  Meillard,  Samuel  Comstock,  Lewis  Ray- 
mond, 2d,  Robert  Eells,  Granby  Jennings,  Rev.  William  Wilcox. 

50 


394  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Nehemiah  C.  Sanford,  W.  M.,  Phineas 
S.  Bradley,  S.  W.,  Charles  S.  Ransom,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Ch&rles  Peck,  Samuel  Steel,  Andrew  Root,  Charles  Johnson,  Rod- 
erick C.  Steele. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Matthias  Nicoll,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S. 
W.,  Preston  B.  Warner,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  Goulding,  James  Wheeler,  Jr.,  George  Washington  Drake, 
Charles  Gay. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Constant  Kirtland,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Lewis, 
S.  W.,  Lyman  Cannon,  J.  W. 
Initiated — John  J.  Atwell,  Horace  Hall,  2d,  John  R.  Phiney. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— Samuel  H.  Fox,  W.  M.,  John  L.  Watrous,  S. 
W.,  Joseph  D.  Packwood,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Joshua  B.  Wheeler,  Rev.  Ralph  S.  Crampton,  Thomas  Kingsley, 
Charles  D.  Bigelow,  Rev.  Nathaniel  Miner.     Expelled — Alanson  B.  Stannard. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Phineas  B.  Taylor,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Buel, 
S.  W.,  Heaian  W.  Childs,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Phineas  B.  Cook,  George  Marsh. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Henry  Downs,  W.  M.,  George  Blakeman,  S.  W., 
Lewis  Remer,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

MONTGOMERY,  NO.  13,  Salisbury— No  returns. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Giles  Stillman. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— David  C.  Bolles,  W.  M.,  Henry  Clark,  S.  W., 
John  C.  Eldridge,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Augustus  Cadey,  Charles  Eldridge,  Silas  Sisson,  Chester  Shephard, 
Jesse  Haiks.  Leonard  L.  Morse.     Admitted — James  A.  Stetson. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire— Charles  Shelton,  W.  M.,  Elnathan  Beach,  S.W., 
Charles  A.  Stanley,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Benjamin  R.  Hall. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown — Alanson  Warren,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Doqlittle,  S. 
W.,  Stephen  Seymour,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Horace  Foot.  Admitted — Samuel  Doolittle.  Suspended — Hector 
Smith.     Expelled — Landon  Loveland,  Tola  Webster. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown — McPherson  Sherman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Dutton,  S.  W., 
Theophilus  Nichols,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Alexander  Hall,  Timothy  H.  Cauldwell,  Lucius  Clark,  Russell  D. 
Smith,  John  Tillou,  Moses  Marine,  Samuel  B.  Peck,  John  P.  Burritt,  Boyle  Fair- 
child.  Admitted — Andrew  S.  Welles,  Charles  Hotchkiss.  Suspended — Marcus 
B.  Somers. 


1826,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  395 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe— C3n-us  H.  Beardsley,  W.  M.,  Andrew  Shelton, 
S.  W.,  Levi  Brown,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Horace  Shelton,  Anson  Beardslee,  Ezra  Hall,  Lynson  Bostwick  Jo- 
seph T.  Wilcox,  Burr  Hall. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Ira  E.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W.,  Norman 
Woodruff,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Daniel  Richards,  Lawrence  Richards,  Wyllys  Winchell,  Linus  Gil- 
bert. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  New  Milford- Oliver  W.  Pickett,  S.  W.,  Ezra  Noble, 
J.  W. 

HART^S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— Hezekiah  Thomas,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  A.  A.  Perkins, 
S.  W.,  Isaac  Warren,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Joseph  T.  Clark,  Alvan  Sperry,  Adoniram  Peck,  Jesse  L.  Hinman. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Mason  White,  W.  M.,  Charles  Prentice,  S.  W., 
John  C.  Tibbitts,  J.  AV. 

Initiated — Neheraiab  Clark,  Moses  Branch,  Cornelius  Foster.  Expelled — Bo- 
naparte Campbell,  Asher  Bennett,  Charles  Smith.     Restored — Elisha  Tucker. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Jasper  Gilbert,  W.  M.,  Charles  Brigham,  S.  W., 
Ichabod  Bulkley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Charles  Arnold,  John  C.  Dunham,  John  N.  Grain,  Samuel  Leach, 
Elisha  Atwood,  William  Billings,  Stafford  Smith.  William  Brown.  Admitted — 
Thomas  Clark,  Shubael  Diraock,  Jeremiah  Clark, 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  R.  G.  Isham,  S.  W., 
Ruel  Richardson,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ashbel  Alger,  Jr.,  James  Russell,  Rev.  Charles  Remington,  David 
Taylor,     Admitted. — R.  G.  Isham,  Howell  W.  Brown.  Philip  Smith. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— David  B.  Ventres,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Cook, 
S.  W.,  Roswell  Brainard,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Ansel  Warner,  David  P.  Phelps,  John  Porter,  Braddock  Strong, 
Nathan  E.  Shailer,  Cyprian  S.  Brainard,  Richard  W.  Green,  Lester  Pascho,  Elisha 
Martin.     Suspended — Julius  Chapman. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Daniel  A.  Ryan,  W.  M.,  John  Goodyear, 
S.  W.,  Marvin  Wheaton,  J.  W. 
Initiated— \Nm.  Odell,  Marshall  F.  Whitney,  Judson  Cables. 

MORNING  STAR,  Jfo.  28,  Warehouse  Point— William  Parsons,  W.  M.,  Solo- 
mon Terry,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Horace  Metcalf,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  H.  Bond,  Asa  Welton.  Admitted — Daniel  Bartlett,  Jr. 
Expelled — James  L.  Raynolds. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Luther  Higley,  S,  W,, 
Sherman  Osborn,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Milton  Humphreys,  Jonas  Dyer,  Daniel  H,  Morgan. 


396  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Haiiiden— Jacob  Whiting,  W.M.,  Chauncey  B.  Foote,  S. 
W.,  Allen  Tirrel,  J.  W. 

Initiated— Clmndler  Sanderson.  Admitted— Clmxmcey  B.  Foote,  Leverett 
Hitchcock. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Dj'er  T.  Brainard,  W.  M.,  Ephraim  H.  Babcock, 
S.  W.,  Thaddeus  Brooks,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

Initiated— ^m.  Wileman,  Humphrey  Baker,  Wm.  Tate,  Jr.,  John  B.  B.  Lord, 
John  Howard,  Jr.,  Benjamin  F.  Stoddard,  Josiah  Chester,  Asa  Wightman,  Nathan 
Stark,  Wra.  H.  Gardner,  Joseph  Chadwick,  Jr.,  John  Curliss,  Alexander  McSta- 
ples,  Edward  Stanton,  Christopher  Bill,  Rev.  Thomas  W.  Coit,  David  Beebe, 
Robert  Crannell.  Admitted — Elisha  A.  Baker,  Alpheus  S.  Colton.  Expelled— 
Robert  G.  Dawson,  Joseph  B.  Manning. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Lysander  Curtis,  W.  M.,  Jonathan  Wright, 
S.  W.,  Julius  W.  Benedict,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Truman  Seeley,  Cyrus  Strong,  Benjamin  Green,  Moses  Sackett, 
Abraham  B.  Everett,  Edmund  Saunders,  Abner  Everett.  Jr.,  John  Stone,  Rev. 
Charles  Everett. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Seth  Clark,  W.  M.,  Julius  Bristol,  S.  W., 
Alpheus  S.  Brockett,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Wm.  Hitchcock. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— Asa  Child,  W.  M.,  A.  H.  Washburn,  S.  W., 
Wm,  Hines,  J.  W. 

Initiated— George  Miner,  Jr.,  Wm.  F.  Tracy,  Henry  Tisdale,  Edward  M.  Jenks, 
Curtis  Ladd,  Pardon  Sessions,  Alexander  Ross,  John  Fuller,  John  Prior,  James 
L.  Thompson,  Shubael  Gallup,  Richard  Jillson,  Charles  Perkins,  Asa  Roath, 
James  Breed,  John  Prentice.  Admitted — Henry  Paine,  Erastus  Smith,  John  S. 
Williams.     Restored — Perry  M.  Herskill. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— Willard  Hitchcock,  W.  M.,  William  S.  Goodsell, 
S.  W.,  Phineas  W.  Noble,  J.  W. 
Initiated— George  S.  Jones,  Eli  B.  Candee.     Expelled— Za^chaxxzh  Marks. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Daniel  B.  Holcomb,  W.  M.,  George  Norton,  S. 
W.,  Frederick  W.  Jewett,  J.  W. 

Initiated— lAi-ma  Moses,  Hezekiah  Eno,  Thomas  Belden,  Jr.,  Selden  Haines, 
Guy  R.  Phelps. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Augustus  P.  Pease,  W.  M.,  John  Dewitt, 
S.  AV.,  Jedediah  Phelps,  J.  W. 

Admitted — John  Dewitt. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Jedediah  Lathrop,  W.  M.,  Amos  Seward,  S. 
W.,  George  C.  Bradley,  J.  W. 

ARK,  No.  39,  Weston— Lemuel  B.  Hull,  W.  M.,  John  B.  Merritt,  S.  W.,  Jere- 
miah Banks,  J.  .W. 

Initiated — Lewis  G.  Loomis,  James  Lewis,  James  Baldwin,  Medad  Bradley. 
Admitted — Edward  E.  Phelps.     Restored — Lemuel  Lyon. 


1826.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  397 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  B.  Wildraan,  W.  M.,  Starr  Ferry,  S.  W.,  Martin 
Mead,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Zalmou  W.  Sherman,  William  H.  Banks,  Daniel  S.  Beattice,  John 
Hayes,  Anson  Cornwall,  William  Scofield,  George  Hoyt,  Abrani  Stow,  Bradley 
Adams,  Simeon  M.  Steward,  Wm.  Patch,  Jr.,  Frederick  S.  Wildraan,  John  H. 
Whiting,  David  B.  Sturges,  Ambrose  B.  Turner,  Morris  Downs,  Thomas  T.  Whit- 
ing.    Expelled — Augustus  Wilcox,  David  Foot,  Jr.,  David  Hoyt. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield— Daniel  Holly,  AV.  M..  Czar  Nearing,  S.  W., 
Joel  C.  Sherman,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Wm.  Bradshaw,  Wm.  Morehouse,  Wm.  Corning. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Moses  Hall,  W.  M.,  Elihu  Hitchcock,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Hayden,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Leverett  Turrill,  Lucius  Judd,  Anson  Sperry,  George  Warner. 

TRINITY,  No.  45,  Killingworth— Charter  revoked. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— William  Webb,  W.  M.,  Vine  Hovey,  S.  W., 
William  Wattles,  J.  W. 

Initiated — John  D.  Waldo,  Chas.  B.  Waldo,  Ogden  Kingsley,  Sylvester  Knight, 
Jr.,  Denison  AVattles,  Jr.,  Gurdon  Bailej',  Joseph  Young,  William  Congdon.  Ad- 
mitted— Rev.  Chester  Selden.     Restored — Andrew  Baker. 

PYTHAGORAS,  No.  45,  Lyme— Charter  revoked. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pom  fret— Andrew  A.  Williams,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Child,  S.  W., 
John  Fowler,  2d,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Cyprian  Chandler,  Joseph  D.  Keith,  John  W.  Welles,  Chester  In- 
galls,  Albert  G.  Fountain,  Samuel  Underwood,  David  Gleason,  William  Davis, 
Pliny  Clark,  Samuel  Chandler,  Elijah  Adams.  Expelled — Benjamin  Dexter. 
Suspended — Alvin  Child. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Cyrus  Humphrey,  W.  M.,  Jesse  Joy,  S.  W., 
Nathan  Stone,  J.  W. 

Initiated— ^KVaacn.  B.  Fairchild,  Alfred  Hardier,  Nathan  Wilcoxon.  Admit- 
ted— Merrit  Bradley. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Hiram  Converse,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Parston,  S.  W., 
Ezra  Skiff,  J.  W. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— William  Crocker,  W.  M.,  Czar  Jones,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Hollingshead,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lockwood  K.  Osborn,  Reuben  French,  Wm.  Beers,  Joel  T.  Benedict, 
Rev.  Origen  P.  Holcomb,  Roswell  Canfield,  Jesse  Covert,  Rufus  H.  Pickett,  Be- 
najah  T.  Betts,  Hiram  Jones,  James  Jones,  Lewis  B.  Titus,  Jonathan  Field. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Cyrus  Mann,  W.  M.,  Sherman  McLean,  S.  W., 
Frederick  A.  Strong,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Jabez  L.  White,  Jr.,  Edward  G.  Ufford,  Nathan  Burnap,  Jireh  Kel- 
logg, Charles  A.  Scovell,  George  Steele,  Ezekiel  H.  Brown,  Edmund  R.  Way, 
William  D.  Townsend. 


398  GBAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Bliss  Welch,  W.  M.,  Warren  Gates,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
R.  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Robert  U.  Richmond,  Diodate  B.  West. 

MOUNT  OLIVE,  No.  52,  Saybrook— Timothy  Starkey,  W.  M.,  Pliny  Hamant, 
S.  W.,  Ulysses  Marther,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Timothy  Stannard,  Oliver  C.  Palmer,  Mason  Holmes. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Thomas  T.  Wells,  W.  M.,  Joseph 
Frink,  S.  W.,  Luke  Wheeler,  J.  W. 

Initiated— John  T.  Wheeler,  Joshua  Wheeler,  Jr.,  William  B.  Denison.  Ex- 
pelled— Clark  D.  Thompson. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Charles  V.  Clark,  W.  M.,  Albert  F.  Roberts,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  G.  Prindle,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Wm.  W.  Gould,  Ralph  Deming,  Elizur  Wilson,  Richard  Clark,  Amos 
Hitchcock,  John  Wardwell.     Admitted— Wm.  P.  Cutler,  Charles  Lincoln. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— William  North,  W.  M.,  Wm.  E.  Russell,  S.  W., 
Stephen  K.  Fielding,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Norman  Coe,  Abijah  Munn,  John  Hungerford,  2d,  Enoch  Sperry, 
Rev.  Thomas  Sparks,  Nathaniel  Smith,  Thomas  Moses,  George  D.  Wadhams, 
Elijah  T.  Cummings,  Samuel  Burr,  Philip  Leddy.  Admitted — Levi  Rogers,  La- 
ban  N.  Oliver. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  5G,  Bristol— Cornelius  B.  Andrews,  W.  M.,  Irenus  Atkins,  S. 
W.,  Josiah  Reed,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Cyrus  P.  Smith,  Theophilus  Smith,  Samuel  B.  Smith,  Ezekiel  Car- 
rington,  Lewis  W.  Pond,  Hubbell  Pierce,  Eli  Fancher.  Julius  R.  Pond,  Daniel 
Tuttle,  Hiram  Gilbert,  Linus  Preston,  Isaac  Murry,  Romanta  E.  Plum.  Newell 
Byington.     Admitted — Charles  Sage. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington  Borough— Wm.  Hyfle,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Wm.  S.  Williams,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Richard  F.  Loper,  Joseph  Packer,  George  Eldridge,  Jr.,  Smith 
Bloomfield,  George  Park,  John  Packer,  Jr.,  George  W.  Holdredge,  Henry  Lamb, 
Eldredge  Spicer,  David  Burrows,  Edward  Fitch,  Nathaniel  B.  Palmer,  William 
A.  Fanning,  Seth  Burrows,  Benjamin  G.  Frj',  Thomas  Williams,  Shubael  Brown. 
Charles  P.  Williams,  David  Stanton,  Stanton  F.  Burdick,  Hampton  Stuart, 
Joshua  Pendleton,  Joseph  Alexander,  George  E.  Palmer.  Admitted — Edward 
Fanning. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Ezekiel 
Alderman,  S.  W.,  Daniel  Sandford,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Jeffery  Roby,  Timothy  Ensign.  Daniel  Bliss,  Sylvester  Case,  Phineas 
Stratton,  Almon  Case,  Chauncey  Griswold,  John  Merrell,  Jr.  Expelled — John 
Church. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Asahel  Hatheway,  W.  M.,  Julius  Harmon,  S.  W., 
Wm.  C.  Gay,  J.  W. 


1826.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  399 

Initiated — Chauncey  Pomeroy,  Alfred  Spencer,  Comfort  Lane,  Harvey  Hathe- 
way.  Admitted — Gurdon  C.  Gould. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Joseph  Sibley,  W.  M.,  Isaac  McNary,  S.  W., 
Solomon  L.  Griggs,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Lemuel  Stedman,  Rev.  Isaiah  P.  Fuller,  Chauncey  Davis,  Loren  P. 
Waldo,  Thomas  Pinks,  R.  G.  Huntington,  Jarvis  Crandall,  Harvey  Adams,  Wm. 
Adams,  James  L.  Lyon,  Gurdon  Abbot,  Aaron  Johnson. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen— John  H.  Collins,  W.  M.,  Uriah  Turner,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  W.  Gold,  J.  W. 

Initiated — •Bennet  Roberts,  Obadiah  Bierce,  Benj.  Doolittle,  Cyrus  Crandall. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Ozias  Roberts,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S.  W., 
Horace  Riley,  J.  W. 

Initiated — ^AVm.  T.  Smith,  Howell  W.  Brown,  Rev.  Josiah  Loomis,  Thomas  H. 
Harding,  Peter  Rogers. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven— William  H.  Jones,  W.  M.,  Augustus  R.  Street, 
S.  W.,  Dennis  Kimberly,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Seymour  A.  Hatch,  S.  W.  Knevals,  Daniel  P.  Clark,  Mark  Pratt, 
John  Beach.  2d,  David  L.  Seymour,  Isaac  W.  Beers. 

ST.  ANDREW'S,  No.  64,  Winsted— Josiah  Smith,  W.  M.,  John  Boyd,  S.  W., 
Andrew  Dimock,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Cyrus  W.  Bidwell,  Hillimau  Fyler,  Horace  Rawley,  William  G. 
Hanaford. 

TEMPLE,  No.  65,  Saugatuck— Samuel  Jackson,  W.  M.,  George  L.  Cable,  S.  W., 
Wm.  Burwell,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Willett  Hanford,  Nathan  C.  Meeker,  Russell  Clark,  Rev.  W.  H.  Dike- 
man,  David  M.  Marvin,  Nathan  T.  Hanford,  James  Brown,  Eliphalet  T.  Smith, 
Dimon  Fanton.     Suspended — Barnard  Osborn. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Branford- Merrit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
Orrin  D.  Squire,  J.  W. 
Initiated — Willoughby  L.  Lay,  Asahel  Curtis,  Hobert  Robinson,  John  Staples. 

HARMONY,  No.  67,  New  Canaan— Samuel  Carter,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Eliphalet  Weeds, 
S.  W.,  Rufus  Richards,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Bradley  Keeler,  David  St.  John,  Knight  Benjamin  Hoyt,  Jesse 
Smith,  Seth  Deforest,  Benjamin  Pinney,  Andrew  Crawford,  Lewis  Richards,  Chas. 
Gilbert,  Stephen  Seward,  Luzern  Gilbert,  Wm.  Fitch,  Carey  Weed,  George  Ayres, 
Darius  Rusco,  Lyman  Seely. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Roswell  Allyn,  S.  W., 
Erastus  T.  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated — Thomas  W.  Gay,  Wm.  A.  Walker,  Isaac  Spicer,  Ezekiel  Bailey, 
James  Gere,  Sidney  Stoddard,  Isaac  Gallup,  Tracey  Gates,  John  Lee,  John  A. 
Miner,  Jr.,  Avery  Bill,  Christopher  Newton,  Cyrus  Newton,  John  Wilcox.  Ad- 
mitted— Benjamin  F.  Stoddard,  Austin  M.  Lester,  Rufus  Fanning,  Ebenezer  P. 
Miner. 


400  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

FAYETTE,  No.  69,  Ellington— Wra.  A.  Hamilton,  W.  M.,  L.  P.  Tinker,  S.  W., 
Ebenezer  Smith,  J.  W. 

Initiated— John  H.  Helton,  John  T.  Olcott,  Levi  Collins,  Robert  Goudy,  Jr., 
Henry  Billings. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  70,  Windsor— James  0.  Pond,  W.  M.,  William  Alford,  S. 
W.,  John  Sargeant,  J.  W. 

Initiated— \Nm.  S.  Pitkins,  Edwin  Chapman,  Hiram  Bulkland,  Anson  B.  Hay- 
den,  Milton  Phelps,  Samuel  S.  Stebbins,  Walter  Pease,  Jr.,  James  Loomis. 


Notice  to  Lodges. 

Any  Lodges  in  this  State,  owning  real  estate,  may,  under  the  Act  of  the  Legis- 
lature Incorporating  the  Grand  Lodge,  convey  such  real  estate,  in  trust,  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  by  a  common  quit-claim  deed ;  the  conveyance  being  made  by  a 
third  person,  acting  for  such  subordinate  Lodge. 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,   Grand  Secretary. 

New  Haven,  May  15,  1826. 


1769.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  4.01 

SKETCHES  OP  THE  EARLY  LODGES. 

{Continued  from  page  208.) 


COMPASS  LODGE,  WALLINGFORD. 
A  charter  was  obtained  from  R.  W.  John  Rowe,  Provincial 
Grand  Master  at  Boston,  dated  April  28,  1769,  authorizing  the 
erection  of  a  Lodge  at  Wallingford  ;  hut  as  no  records  have 
been  found  j)rior  to  their  connection  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Connecticut,  nothing  more  can  be  stated,  than  that  Bro.  Tyr- 
hand  Kirtland  was  their  rej^resentative  in  the  Convention  that 
framed  the  Constitution,  and  that  on  receiving  a  new  charter 
under  the  Constitution,  the  Lodge  was  designated  as  "  Compass, 
No.  9."  Their  regular  meetings  and  returns  to  Grand  Lodge 
were  kept  up  for  many  years,  and,  although  against  severe  dif- 
ficulties, they  managed  to  stem  the  tide  of  persecution,  which 
rose  high  and  lashed  its  furious  waves  around  the  base  of  our 
altars  for  a  short  time  ;  but  as  soon  as  the  storm  ceased.  Com- 
pass Lodge  went  into  "  dignified  retirement,"  and  remained  in 
a  torpid  state  for  several  years,  when  she  again  arose  and  put 
on  her  "  beautiful  garments,"  and  has  since  been  found  among 
the  faithful. 

KING  HIRAM  LODGE,  DERBY. 
On  the  3d  of  January,  1783,  a  charter  was  granted  by  the 
"  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,"  for  holding  a  Lodge  in  Derby, 
under  the  above  title  ;  and  in  April,  the  same  year,  Bro.  Chas. 
Whittlesey  represented  said  Lodge  in  the  preliminary  Conven- 
tion at  New  Haven,  when  the  first  steps  were  taken  towards 
the  formation  of  a  Grand  Lodge  in  this  State.  We  have  none 
of  the  early  records  of  this  Lodge,  and  do  not  know  that  it  was 
represented  in  the  Convention  which  framed  the  Constitution  ; 
but  at  the  semi-annual  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  May, 
1791,  we  find  it  on  the  list  of  Lodges  represented,  and  on  the 
numbering  of  the  subordinates  it  received  a  new  charter,  with 
the  name  of  "  King  Hiram,  No.  12." 

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402  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  [1765. 

KING  SOLOMON'S  LODGE,  WOODBURY. 

Of  this  Lodge  we  have  no  early  record  to  show  the  date  of  its 
charter,  or  who  were  its  founders  and  first  members.  In  the  pre- 
liminary Convention  of  1783,  its  delegate  was  Brother  Joseph 
Perry  ;  and  at  the  Convention  of  July  1789,  by  which  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  Grand  Lodge  was  framed,  Bro.  Nathan  Preston 
was  the  delegate.  Upon  the  issue  of  new  charters  and  numbers 
to  the  subordinates.  King  Solomon's  Lodge  was  designated  as 
"  number  seven,"  and  has  ever  been  "  faithful  to  the  Constitu- 
tion." 

FIRST  LODGE  IN  WATERBURY. 
As  early  as  the  year  1765,  a  Masonic  Lodge  was  in  operation 
in  the  ancient  town  of  Waterbury  ;  and  although  we  have  no 
records  or  documentary  evidence  to  show  from  what  authority 
the  charter  was  derived,  still  the  traditionary  proof  which  has 
come  down  to  us,  is  sufficient  to  establish  the  fact.  There  are 
old  Masons  now  living,  who  remember  having  heard  their  fathers 
or  grandfathers  tell  what  theh^  forefathers  had  done  in  the  old 
time  before  them,  in  the  Lodge  at  Waterbury.  The  minutes  of 
this  old  Lodge  are  not  known  to  be  in  existence,  but  the  original 
copy  of  the  by-laws,  written  in  a  beautiful  round  hand,  and  in 
good  state  of  preservation,  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Harmony 
Lodge,  No.  42.  As  these  by-laws  contain  much  of  the  spirit  of 
"  Ancient  Craft  Masonry,"  we  co]3y  the  heading,  with  several 
entire  sections,  believing  that  they  will  compare  favorably  with 
many  more  modern  codes  of  Masonic  Law. 

BY-LA  WS,  made,  enacted  and  approved,  for  the  due  regulating  the  First  Lodge 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  Waterhury  in  Connecticut,  and  hy  a  miani- 
mous  vote  of  the  Eight  Worshipful  Master,  Wardens  and  Members  of  said 
Lodge,  assembled  in  due  form,  the  2oth  of  December,  5765,  ordered  to  be  re- 
corded. 

1.  As  order  and  decency  are  beauties  in  Masonrj^,  and  unless  upheld,  a  disso- 
lution of  the  true  cement  and  Harmony  of  this  Lodge  must  ensue  : — Therefore, 
at  the  third  stroke  of  the  Master's  hammer,  (always  to  be  repeated  by  the  Senior 
Warden,)  or  whenever  the  Master  shall  call  to  order,  there  shall  be  a  general  and 
profound  silence  observed,  and  all  the  brethren  attend  to  business.  Every  broth- 
er shall  keep  in  his  seat,  and  not  move  from  place  to  place,  nor  leave  the  room 
during  business,  or  before  the  Lodge  is  closed,  without  liberty  had  of  the  Master. 


1765.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  403 

No  private  committees  or  whisperings  shall  be  held,  no  disputes  about  religion  or 
politics,  no  cursings,  swearings,  or  getting  drunk  in  Lodge  hours.  Any  brother 
offending  in  any  of  the  above,  shall  be  fined,  by  a  ballot  of  the  majority  of  mem- 
bers present,  not  exceeding  three  shillings,  and  be  excluded  the  Lodge  till  he 
owns  his  fault. 

2.  Every  brother  that  speaks  during  business,  shall  rise,  addressing  himself  to 
the  chair,  nor  shall  any  person  presume  to  interrupt  him,  unless  the  Master,  find- 
ing him  wandering  from  the  point,  shall  think  fit  to  reduce  him  to  order. 

3.  Whoever  shall,  during  Lodge  hours,  be  so  rude  as  to  hiss  at  a  brother,  or  at 
what  he  says  or  has  said,  shall  be  forthwith  solemnly  excluded  the  Lodge  till  he 
has  publicly  owned  his  fault. 

4.  If  any  member  should  come  to  Lodge  in  an  undue  or  indecent  dress,  he  is 
to  be  fined  one  shilling,  and  excluded  the  Lodge  for  that  night,  which  is  to  be 
left  to  the  discretion  of  the  Master  and  his  men. 

5.  The  Lodge  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  every  month  throughout 
the  year,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the  majority  of  the  brethren  present,  with 
the  consent  of  the  Master,  shall  from  time  agree ;  and  be  opened  at  five  of  the 
clock,  from  Sept'r  to  March,  inclusive,  and  at  six  of  the  clock  the  residue  of  the 
year,  and  be  closed  always  by  nine  of  the  clock,  or  sooner  if  the  Master  pleases, 
unless  on  account  of  makings  or  raisings,  or  some  other  special  emergency.  The 
Master  shall  have  liberty  to  call  a  special  Lodge  when  occasion  requires  ;  and  no 
brother  shall  urge  or  insist  on  any  others  tarrying  after  Lodge  is  closed. 

[The  next  five  sections  relate  to  the  manner  of  proposing  and  balloting  for  can- 
didates, amount  of  fees,  &c.] 

11.  There  shall  be  provided  at  the  expense  of  the  Lodge,  every  time  they  meet, 
a  supper  for  all  the  brethren  present,  (which  shall  be  attended  by  or  before  eight 
o'clock,)  and  every  member  who  lives  within  fifteen  miles  shall  pay,  quarterly,  at 
the  rate  of  two  shillings  for  every  Lodge  night.         ****** 

12.  Every  visiting  brother  shall  be  made  welcome  to  this  Lodge  the  first  time 
he  visits,  but  shall  for  future  visits  pay  two  shillings  each  time  he  attends. 

13.  When  a  special  Lodge  is  called  for  the  admission  of  a  candidate  to  the  1st 
2d  or  3d  degrees  of  Masonry,  he  shall  pay  twelve  shillings  extraordinary  to  the 
Treasurer,  and  be  at  the  whole  night's  expense. 

14.  The  members  of  this  Lodge  shall  be  very  cautious  of  their  behaviour,  both 
in  Lodge  and  without,  that  no  unjust  reflections  may  be  cast  on  the  royal  art. 

Whoever  occasions  or  promotes  feuds  or  animosities  among  the  brethren,  or 
endeavors  to  disturb  the  tranquility  of  the  Lodge,  shall  be  dealt  by  as  seemeth 
meet  to  the  Master  and  his  men,  either  by  fine  or  exclusion  from  the  privileges  of 
the  Lodge. 

The  by-laws  extend  to  twenty-one  sections,  to  whicli  is  ap- 
pended the  following  obligation  or  acknowledgment,  with  the 
signatures  of  the  members  : 

We,  the  subscrbers,  having  read  and  considered  the  above  and  foregoing  By- 
Laws  of  the  Right  Worshipful  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  held  at  the 
house  of  Capt.  George  Nichols,  in  Waterbury,  in  Connecticut,  do  hereby  acknowl- 


404  EARLY    LODGE    IN    CONNECTICUT.  [1765. 

edge  ourselves  members  of  said  Lodge,  and  respectively  agree  to  and  approve  of 
all  the  above  and  foregoing  By-laws,  and  do  hereby  bind  ourselves,  respectively, 
to  observe,  stand  by  and  be  subject  to  them,  in  the  strictest  manner. 

Witness  our  hands,  in  the  Lodge  aforesaid,  duly  formed,  this  25th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1765,  and  of  Masonry  5765. 

JOHN  HOTCHKISS,  .         .JOSEPH  PERRY, 
JOEL  CLARK,  JOHN  WEBSTER, 

JAMES  RAYNOLDS,  AMOS  HITCHCOCK, 

ISAAC  JONES,  JESSE  LEAVENWORTH, 

ELDAD  LEWIS,  ROBERT  KINKEAD, 

AMOS  BULL,  ALLEN  SAGE, 

JOHN  LOTHROP,  HEZEKIAH  THOMPSON. 

How  Ions:  this  Lodo;e  continued  is  not  known.  That  some  of 
its  members  were  conspicuous  Masons  several  years  subsequent 
to  the  date  of  the  above  articles,  is  evident  ;  particularly  Col. 
Joel  Clark,  of  the  Continental  Army,  whose  name  appears,  in 
1776,  as  the  first  Master  of  the  Amet^iccm  Union  Lodge.  At 
the  formation  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  in  1789,  no 
mention  is  made  of  a  Lodge  in  Waterbury ;  and  in  1797,  the 
brethren  in  that  town  received  a  charter,  by  which  they  were 
designated  as  "  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42,"  with  Bro.  Jared  By- 
ington  for  their  first  Master. 

NEW  LONDON. 
Tradition  informs  us  that  a  Masonic  Lodge  existed  in  New 
London  County,  many  years  previous  to  the  commencement  of 
the  Kevolutionary  War,  working  sometimes  at  New  London, 
and  sometimes  at  Colchester  ;  but  we  find  no  recorded  proof  of 
the  existence  of  such  Lodge,  except  the  following,  in  the  His- 
tory of  St  John's  Grand  Lodge  at  Boston,  under  date  of  Janu- 
ary 12,  1753  : — "  The  petition  of  several  brethren  residing  at 
New  London,  in  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  for  dispensation  to 
erect  a  Lodge  there,  was  granted."  The  names  of  the  petition- 
ers, or  of  the  members  of  this  early  Lodge,  are  nowhere  to  be 
found  ;  and  we  learn  nothing  further  of  Masonry  in  New  Lon- 
don, until  the  October  Session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  1795, 
when  we  find  the  name  of  Bro.  Elias  Perkins,  as  member,  from 
Union  Lodge,  New  London.  When,  or  by  whom,  the  char- 
ter was  granted,  does  not  appear  ;  but  at  the  numbering  of  the 


1771.]  EARLY  LODGES  IN  CONNECTICUT.  405 

Lodges  in  this  State,  in  1796,  the  Lodge  at  New  London  was 
enrolled  as  "  Union,  No.  31,"  and  it  has  ever  since  been  one  of 
the  most  flourishing  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction. 

LODGE  IN  GUILFORD. 

On  the  10th  of  July,  1771,  a  Warrant  was  issued  by  R.  W. 
John  Rowe,  Esq.,  Provincial  Grand  Master  at  Boston,  to  Bros, 
Timothy  Ward,  Bilious  Ward,  David  Landon,  Timothy  Lud- 
ington,  Eber  Waterhouse,  Asher  Fairchild,  Benjamin  Stone, 
Giles  Trubee  and  Wm.  Johnson,  of  Guilford,  in  the  County  of 
New  Haven,  Colony  of  Connecticut,  forming  them  into  a  regu- 
lar Lodge,  to  be  held  in  said  Guilford,  and  appointing  Brother 
Bilious  Ward  to  be  their  first  Worshipful  Master.  The  follow- 
ing record  of  the  first  meeting  held  under  this  warrant  is  taken 
from  the  original  minute-book. 

Guilford,  Sept.  19,  5771.— At  a  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  held  at 
the  house  of  Brother  Asher  Fairchild,  present,  Brs.  Bilious  Ward,  Timo.  Luding- 
ton,  Asher  Fairchild,  Wm.  Johnson,  Joseph  Bradley,  Francis  Brown,  Timo.  Ward 
and  Amos  Bull.  The  commission,  appointing  our  Right  Worshipful  Bro.  Bilious 
Ward  to  be  the  first  Master  of  this  Lodge,  was  read,  and  he  accordingly  took  the 
chair,  with  the  usual  solemnities,  and  calling  forth  Bro.  Timo.  Ludington,  ap- 
pointed him  Senior  Warden,  and  Bro.  Asher  Fairchild,  he  appointed  him  Junior 
Warden ;  after  which  the  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  form.  Mr.  Thomas  Powers, 
Mr.  Eli  Foot,  and  Doct.  Isaac  Chalker,  were  this  evening  proposed,  balloted  for, 
and  made  Entered  Apprentices.  Bro.  Eli  Foot  was  then  appointed  Secretary, 
and  Bro.  Isaac  Chalker  Treasurer  to  the  Lodge. 

The  Lodge  continued  to  work  under  their  dispensation,  until 
the  year  1776,  when,  in  consequence  of  the  war,  and  the  ex- 
posed situation  of  the  town  of  Guilford  to  the  ravages  of  the 
enemy,  the  brethren  became  so  dispersed  that  no  further  meet- 
ings were  attempted  to  be  held  until  after  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
formed.  In  1797,  the  brethren  then  residing  in  Guilford  pe- 
titioned the  Grand  Lodge  for  a  charter,  which  was  granted,  and 
they  took  the  name  of  "  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  No.  38." 

COLUMBIA  LODGE,  NORWICH. 

In  the  History  of  The  Massachusetts  Grand  Lodge,  we  find 
that  on  the  24th  of  June,  1785,  a  petition  was  received  from 
several  brethren,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  Lodge  at 


406  GRAND    LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [1785. 

Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  that  a  charter  was  granted,  under 
the  title  of  "  Columbia  Lodge."  How  long  this  Lodge  was 
continued,  is  not  known  ;  but  it  must  have  ceased  its  opera- 
tions before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  was  formed,  for 
we  find  no  allusion  made  to  such,  a  Lodge,  in  the  transactions 
of  that  body,  until  May,  1802,  when  "  a  petition  was  presented 
from  some  of  the  fraternity  in  Norwich,  praying  to  be  recog- 
nized as  a  regular  Lodge,  and  to  be  received  under  the  juris- 
diction of  this  Grand  Lodge,  in  consequence  of  a  charter  ob- 
tained from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  in  the  year 
1785,  by  the  name  of  Columbia."  Serious  objections  were 
urged  against  this  petition,  in  consequence  of  said  Columbia 
Lodge  having  for  many  years  lain  dormant,  and  another  Lodge 
being  now  in  active  operation  in  Norwich,  under  a  charter  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut.  The  petition  was  withdrawn, 
before  action  was  had  upon  it,  and  most  of  the  brethren  who 
had  been  members  of  said  Columbia  Lodge,  united  harmoni- 
ously with  '•'  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34." 


[We  have  now  briefly  noticed  all  the  Lodges  known  to 
have  exifted  in  Connedicut  previous  to  the  formation  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  and  fliall  devote  the  remainder  of  this 
volume  to  the  proceedings  of  that  body.] 


1827.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  407 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1827. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  9th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1827,  A.  L.  5827  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  DANIEL  B.  BEINSMADE,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

AMHEKST  D.  SCOVILL,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

WILLIAM  G.  GAY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 

CHARLES  A.  INGERSOLL,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

ASA  CHILD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

ELISHA  HARRINGTON,  )  ^       .  ^.         , 

ANSON  COLTON,  \  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

AZOR  HATCH,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  William  H. 
Ellis,  Thomas  G.  Woodward. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown— Edward  S.  Cone,  Wm.  Wood- 
ward, Charles  Dyer. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Samuel  Simons. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Isaac  Perkins,  Nathan  Colton, 
Horace  Goodwin,  2d. 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Charles  Hawley. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Henry  Selleck,  Benj.  Isaacs. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Charles  Ransom,  Samuel 
Steele. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — John  Goulding. 

No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — Randal  Cook,  Frederick  Lewis. 


408  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — John   R.    Watroiis,    Joseph    D. 
Packwood. 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — Samuel  Pi.  Childs. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — George  Blakeman. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — Luther  Ticknor. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — ^Lemuel  Whitman. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Prosper  A.  Foot. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Huntington — Cyrus  H.  Beardsley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Ira  E.  Smith,  Luther  Beckley. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Jehiel  Williams. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Jehiel  Castle. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — George  Giddings,  Charles  Pren- 
tice. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield— Ichabod  Bulkley. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Henry  Dayton. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam — Joseph  Brainard. 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — John  Goodyear. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — William  Parsons,  Jabez 
Collins. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Ansel  Humphreys. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Oreb  Turner,  Leveret  Hitchcock. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Frederick  Lee,  Dyer  T.  Brainard. 

No.  32,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren — Salmon  Weston. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Seth  Clark,  Julius  Bristol, 
Martin  Cook. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Linus  Child. 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Willard  Hitchcock, Joel  G.Candee, 
Phineas  W.  Noble. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby— Frederick  W.  Jewett,  Daniel  B. 
Holcomb. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Jedediah  Phelps,  Amos  Petti- 
bone,  Joseph  Riggs. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford — Jededi-ah  Lathrop. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — Stephen  Wheeler. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Thomas  M.  Gregory. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — John  B.  Sanford. 


1827.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  409 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Horace  Porter, 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Wm.  Wattles. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — John  Fowler,  Thomas  Hubbard. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Nathaniel  P.  Perrj-. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — David  Keeler. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Sherman  McLean. 

No.  51;  Warren,  Chatham — Nathaniel  Markham,  Jr.,   Nelson 
C.  Daniels,  Hiram  Markham. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington— Thomas  T.  Welles^ 
Wm.  Williams. 

No.  54,  Hamilton,  Sharon — Albert  F.  Roberts. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Wm.  North,  Stephen  K.  Fielding, 
Russel  C.  Abernethy. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol^Luman  Preston. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Grurdon  Hubbard. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Jabin  Ford. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — Wm.  C.  Gay,  Charles  Shepard,  Geo, 
A.  Owen. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Benning  Mann,  Thomas  Pinks. 

No.  62,  Orient,  East  Hartford — Ozias  Roberts. 

No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Augustus  R.  Street. 

No.  64,  St.  Andrew's,  Winsted — Luman  Wakefield. 

No.  66,  Widow's  Son,  Branford — Calvin  Frisbie. 

No.  67,  Harmony,  New  Canaan — Samuel  Raymond. 

No.  69,  Fayette,  Ellington — Horatio  A.  Hamilton. 

No.  70,  Washington,  Windsor — Anson  Bates,    Charles  Wood- 
ward. 

No.  71,  Salem,  Salem — Shubael  Parks,  John  S.  Ransom. 

No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield — Obadiah  Beardsley. 

No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — John   Mather,    William   T. 
Smith. 

No.  74,  Blazing  Star,  Cornwall — Peter  Bierce, 

52 


410  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

IN  DUE  AND  AMPLE  FORM. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  five  hundred 
and  twenty-two  dollars  and  fourteen  cents,  in  cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the  Hart- 
ford Bank.     All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

ANDREW  KIDSTON,       ) 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  }  Committee. 
CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,) 
New  Haven,  May  1,  1827. 


The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  no  returns  were  received 
at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  from  Montgomery  Lodge, 
No.  13,  and  St.  James',  No.  23,  and  that  said  Lodges  were  un- 
represented at  that  time.  Satisfactory  excuses  being  offered  by 
the  members  from  those  Lodges,  the  penalties  were  remitted. 

Arunah  Case,  expelled  from  Northern  Star  Lodge,  No.  58, 
appealed  from  the  sentence  of  expulsion,  requesting  that  a 
committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  justice  of  that  sen- 
tence, and  report  thereon  at  the  present  session  of  the  Grand 
Lodge.  Upon  the  representation  of  the  Secretary  of  said  Lodge, 
the  appeal  was  dismissed. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  mem- 
bers of  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  presented  at  the  last  Grand 
Communication,  submitted  the  following  report,  which  was  ap- 
proved and  accepted  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  undersigned,  a  committee  appointed  to  settle  the  line  of  jurisdiction  be- 
tween Village  Lodge,  No.  29,  and  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  do  report,  that  they 
met  the  representatives  of  said  Lodges  at  the  house  of  Br.  J.  0.  Phelps,  in  Sims- 
bury,  July  29th,  1826,  and  having  heard  the  statements  and  arguments  in  behalf 
of  each  Lodge,  are  of  opinion  that  the  convenience  of  the  brethren  and  the  inte- 


1827.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  411 

rest  of  both  Lodges  would  be  best  promoted  by  the  establishment  of  the  follow- 
ing boundary  line,  viz  . — On  the  north,  the  division  line  between  the  towns  of 
Granby  and  Canton  ;  the  squadron  line  (so  called)  running  eastery  and  westerly, 
and  dividing  the  town  of  Simsbury  into  two  nearly  equal  parts,  and  a  continua- 
tion of  that  line  to  the  town  of  Windsor  ;  and  in  compliance  with  the  vote  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  we  do  establish  said  line  as  the  boundary  between  those  Lodges. 

J.  M.  GOODWIN,! 

WM.  C.  GAY,        }  Committee. 

J.  0.  POND,  ) 


Bro.  Frederick  Lee,  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communi- 
cation to  demand  and  receive  the  charter  and  effects  of  Trinity 
Lodge,  No.  43,  Killingwortli,  and  Pythagoras  Lodge,  No.  45, 
Lyme,  reported,  verbally,  that  he  had  been  unable  fully  to  ac- 
complish the  object  of  his  appointment ;  whereupon,  his  said 
appointment  was  continued  until  the  next  annual  communica- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred,  at  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication, the  petition  of  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  28,  made 
the  following  report,  which  was  approved  and  accepted. 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  who  were  on  a  committee  appointed  to  establish  a  line  of  de- 

markation  between  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  28,  and  Fayette  Lodge,  No.  69,  do 

report,  that  they  met  for  that  purpose  at  the  house  of  E.  Bissell  in  East  Windsor, 

on  the  15th  of  July,  1852,  having  previously  notified  both  Lodges.     Morning  Star 

Lodge  appeared,  but  Fayette  Lodge  was  not  represented.     The  committee,  after 

hearing  the  statement  of  said  Morning  Star  Lodge,  and  making  due  inquiry,  are 

of  the  opinion  that  the  line  between  the  counties  of  Hartford  and  Tolland  should 

form  the  boundary  line  between  said  Lodges ;  and  we  recommend  that  such  line 

be  permanently  established.     Which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

J.  M.  GOODWIN,   >  r, 

WM.  C.  GAY,  \  C^'^'»^^H^e- 

The  petition  of  sundry  Masons  of  the  town  of  Greenwich, 
praying  for  a  Lodge  in  that  town,  which  had  been  continued 
from  the  Grand  Communication  of  May,  1825,  was  introduced, 
and  after  mature  deliberation  it  was  decided  to  be  inexpedient 
to  grant  the  same. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  all  petitions  for  new  Lodges  be 
continued  to  the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodse, 
and  that  all  remonstrances  against  such  petitions  be  also  con- 
tinued, and  a  committee  appointed  on  each,  to  inquire  into  the 
facts,  and  report  thereon  at  the  next  communication. 


412  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

A  petition  was  received  from  brethren  in  Jewett  City,  for  a 
Lodge  in  that  village,  which  was  referred  to  a  committee,  con- 
sisting of  Brs.  John  R.  Watrous,  Samuel  F.  Denison  and  Ly- 
man Law,  to  report  at  the  next  Grand  Communication  on  the 
exj)ediency  of  granting  said  petition. 

A  petition  for  a  new  Lodge  in  the  town  of  Woodstock  was 
received  and  referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of  Brs.  Lyman 
Law,  Coddington  Billings,  and  Thomas  T.  Wells,  to  report  at 
the  next  Grand  Communication. 

A  petition  from  brethren  in  Plymouth,  for  a  new  Lodge  in 
that  town,  was  received  and  continued  to  the  next  Grand  Com- 
munication. 

A  petition  was  received  from  Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  37, 
Norfolk,  praying  for  the  restoration  of  the  town  of  Colebrook 
to  the  limits  of  said  Lodge,  which  was  referred  to  a  committee, 
consisting  of  Brs.  Timothy  Collins,  J.  W.  Phelps,  and  EHsha 
Smith,  to  report  at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

A  complaint  was  received  from  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  No.  38, 
Guilford,  against  Widow's  Son  Lodge,  No,  66,  Branford,  for 
initiating  a  candidate  residing  within  the  limits  of  said  St.  Al- 
ban's Lodge,  which  was  referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of 
Brs.  Frederick  Lee,  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  and  Wm.  H.  Jones,  to  re- 
port at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  the  Grand  Treasurer  invest  the 
sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
in  a  loan  or  loans,  to  be  secured  by  bond  and  mortgage. 

Brs.  Andrew  Kidston,  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  and  James  Car- 
rington,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of 
the  Grapd  Treasurer  and  Secretary  for  the  current  year,  and  re- 
port at  the  next  Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Rev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


1827.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  413 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  W.  M.,  Thomas  G.Wood- 
ward, S.  W.,  Anson  T.  Colt,  J.  W.  Initiated — Chancellor  Kingsbury,  Amos  Shep- 
ard,  John  E.  Beecher,  Frederick  Hunt,  Jun'r.,  James  H.  Hickox,  Jabez  B.  Bull, 
John  H.  Phoebus,  Horace  A.  Augur,  Phineas  Stevens,  George  Lewis,  Eli  Farren 
John  W.  Downs,  Israel  Isbel,  Joseph  Nichols.  Admitted — George  R.  Payne, 
Robert  McNutt. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Samuel  Babcock,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Woodward, 
S.  W.,  Wm.  Merriam,  J.  W.  Initiated — Amariah  Cornwell,  Daniel  D.  Fuller, 
Seabury  McCumber,  Selah  Ray,  Alexander  W.  Hall. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Charles  Foote,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Middlebrook, 
S.  W.,  Barak  J.  Nichols,  J.  W.  Initiated — Elam  Hawley,  Jesse  Mallet,  Rev.  Na- 
thaniel Ruggles,  Rev,  William  H.  Lewis.  Suspended — Hiram  W.  Adams,  Harry 
Lewis. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Isaac  Perkin,  W.  M.,  Nathan  Colton,  S.  W., 
Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  Goodspeed,  Ralph  H.  Wolcott, 
Daniel  Burgess,  Austin  Seymour,  Wm.  Eaton,  Charles  Taylor. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— John  W.  Leeds,  W.  M.,  William  Wilmot,  S.  W.,  Isaac 
Quintard,  Jr.,  J.  W.  Initiated — Hugh  McRay,  Samuel  Jessup,  Wm.  H.  Holly, 
Seth  P.  Quintard,  Charles  D.  Hoyt,  James  R.  Hoyt,  Charles  Hendrick,  Nathaniel 
T.  Palmer,  George  Wingard,  David  Holly,  Jr.     Admitted — Alfred  A.  Holly. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  Selleck,  W.  M.,  Philo  Price,  S.  W.,  Edwin 
Hoyt.  J.  W.  Initiated — Ezra  C.  Ketchum,  Eleazer  Frary,  Warren  Wilkinson, 
John  P.  White,  William  Beardsley,  Thomas  C.  Hanford,  George  Smith,  Thomas 
Merrils. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Samuel  Steele,  W.  M.,  Charles  Ransom, 
S.  W.,  Richard  C.  Steele,  J.  W.  Initiated — Nathan  Preston,  Orville  C.  Morse, 
George  DeForest,  Seth  Crosby.  Thomas  D.  Mallary,  Thomas  Buxton,  Wm.  Shel- 
ton,  Martin  Moody,  Selleck  G.  Galpin.     Suspended — Reuben  Fairchild. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Samuel  Benjamin,  W.  M.,  Benjamin  Fairchild, 
S.  W.,  John  Goulding,  J.  W.  Initiated — Bennett  Crofut,  Robert  C.  Benjamin, 
Philip  Burritt. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Frederick  Lewis,  W.  M.,  James  Keeler,  S.  W., 
Medad  W.  Munson,  J.  W.  Initiated — Uriah  C.  Foot,  Edwin  R.  Yale,  Chester  B. 
Goodrich,  Ira  Couch,  Ira  Twiss, 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— Samuel  H.  Fox,  W.  M.,  John  L.  Watrous,  S. 
W.,  Joseph  D.  Packwood,  J.  W.     Initiated — Nathan  Tyler,  James  Birchnm, 


414  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Plnneas  B.  Taylor,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Buel, 
S.  W.,  Heman  W.  ChiJds,  J.  W.  Initiated — Enos  XL  Barnes,  Ebenezer  Jessup, 
Henry  A.  Mitchell,  Joshua  Garritt,  Epaphras  AV.  Bull,  Eliliu  Harrison,  Abner 
Northrop,  Pomeroy  E.  Thomas,  David  C.  Lord. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— George Blakeman,  W.  M.,  Lyman  Osborn,  S.  W., 
Ebenezer  Fisher,  J.  W.  Initiated — Preston  Curtis,  Marcus  Bassett.  Admitted — 
Titus  C.  Pratt,  Wm.  Lum,  Abijah  Wallace. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  13,  Salisbur}-— Abijah  C.  Peet,  W.  M,,  Noah  S.  Martin, 
S.  W.,  Joshua  W.  Stanton,  J.  W.  Initiated— \N o\coit  Turner,  Charles  B.  Flint, 
John  Heustis,  Charles  C.  Lee,  Augustus  L.  Jewell,  John  Williams,  Daniel  Dutch- 
er,  Horatio  G.  Vandeusen,  Leonard  Smith,  Ebenezer  S.  Forest,  Jewell  W.  Abbot, 
Rev.  Edward  Hollister.  Wm.  W.  Peet,  George  W.  Dutcher,  Samuel  C.  Scoville, 
John  M.  Smith,  Hermon  Selleck,  Moore  Langdon,  Joel  Hull,  Caleb  Ticknor,  Na- 
thaniel W.  Bosworlh,  Henry  S.  Norton,  Philander  Wheeler,  Curtis  R.  Cable,  John 
L.  Hosford,  Ira  Ingrahara.     Admitted — Seth  Harris. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W.     Initiated — Jacob  Brace. 

MORIAH,No.  15,  Canterbury— Henry  Clark,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Eldridge,  S.  W., 
Solomon  Payne,  J.  W.  Initiated — Jared  Wilson,  Ezra  L.  Hutchins,  Jeremiah 
Williams,  Roswel  Davison,  Oliver  Watkins. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Che-shire-Charles  Shelton,  W.  M.,  Elnathan  Beach,  S.W., 
George  AV.  Hicks,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Aner  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  W., 
Charles  S.  Seymour,  J.  W.  Initiated — David  Hinman,  Mark  I.  Bronson.  Ad- 
rmtted — Milan  Gaylord. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Henry  Dutton,  W.  M.,  Theophilus  Nichols,  S.  W,, 
Prosper  A.  Foot,  J.AV.  Initiated — Chauucey  B.  Peck.  Admitted— y^ a.'kema.n  B. 
Smith. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe— Agur  Lewis,  M.,  Lucius  Curtis,  S.  W.,  Cyrus 
Wheeler,  J.  W.     Initiated — Nelson  Sherman,  George  Cable,  Edwin  B.  Babbitt, 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Chauncey  Shipman,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W., 
Richard  AVilcox,  J.  W.     Initiated — Darius  Roberts,  Henry  Beckwith. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  NewMilford— Jehiel  Williams,  W.  M.,  Oliver  W.  Pickett, 
S.  W.,  Franklin  Stedman,  J.  AV.     Initiated — Grant  Northrop. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— Hezekiah  Thomas,  Jr.,  AV.  M.,  A.  A.  Perkins, 
S.  W.,  Reuben  Judd,  J.  W.     Suspended — Stephen  Wooding,  Allen  Thomas. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Joshua  Barstow,  W.  M.,  Charles  Prentice,  S.  W., 
David  Baldwin,  J.  W.  Initiated — Amos  Chesbrough,  Isaac  H.  Cook,  Samuel 
Button,  Nathan  Brown. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Ichabod  Bulkley,  AV.  M.,  Charles  Brigham,  S.  W., 
Harvey  Clark,  J.  W.  Initiated — Aristarchus  Blish,  Nelson  Felch.  Admitted — 
Moses  B.  Aldrich. 


1827.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  415 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbnry— Ruel  Richardson,  W.  M.,  Imlay  Covell,  S.W., 
Chester  Ackley,  J.  W.     Initiated — Anson  Wetherell,  Chas.  P.  Harrington. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— James  Gladwin,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Ackley,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Nehemiah  Dickinson,  J.  W.  Initiated — Horace  Robertson,  C.  D.  Wright, 
Erastus  Downing,  Moses  B.  Wright,  Ichabod  Champion,  Joseph  Goodspeed.  Ad- 
mitted— Jeremiah  Hutchins. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— John  Goodyear,  W.  M.,  Marvin  Wheaton, 
S.  W.,  Wm.  Moody,  J.  W.  Initiated — Daniel  Burnham.  Alfred  Burnham,  Daniel 
Peet,  Daniel  D.  Ciimmings,  Charles  W.  Baldwin. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  Warehouse  Point— William  Parsons,  W.  M.,  Solo- 
mon Terry,  Jr.,  S.  W.,  Horace  Metcalf,  J.  W.  Initiated — Daniel  T.  Olmsted,  Ed- 
ward Button,  Orrin  P.  Wilson. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Luther  Higley,  S.  W., 
Sherman  Osborn,  J.  W.  Initiated — Herman  Hamblin,  John  W.  Harger,  Nathan 
Moses,  Thomas  Dyer,  Wm.  H.  Butler,  Levi  Button,  John  R.  Harris,  Parson  Pren- 
tice, Ashbel  Moses,  Philip  Chapin,  AVm.  Winship,  Benj.  Gilmore,  Stiles  A.  Brad- 
ley, Truman  Humphreys.  Admitted — Virgil  Pettibone,  Richard  Bacon,  Hermon 
Chapin,  Duncan  Wilson,  Jacob  Bruce. 

DAY-SPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Chauncey  B.  Foot,  W.  JI..  Lewis  Goodyear, 
S.  W.,  Leverett  Hitchcock,  J.  W.  Initiated — David  Sanderson,  Jonathan  Kil- 
bourn,  Jr. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Ephraim  H.  Babcock,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Way,  S. 
W.,  Daniel  B.  Hempsted,  J.  W.  Initiated — Ebenezer  H.  Watrous,  Burritt  Thom- 
son, Russel  Hobron,  Charles  Philips,  John  H.  Wheeler. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  32,  Warren— Julius  W.  Benedict,  W.  M.,  Abner  Everett, 
S.  W.,  John  M.  Curtis,  J.  W.  Initiated — Stephen  H.  Strong.  Suspended— E6.- 
mund  Saunders. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Seth  Clark,  W.  M.,  Julius  Bristol,  S.  W., 
Alpheus  S.  Brockett.  J.  W.  Initiated — William  A.  Mitchell,  Dana  J.  Upson,  Joel 
Neal,  Marshal  Upson.     Suspended — Orrin  Pearl. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— Asa  Child,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Hines,  S.  W.,  Daniel 
Palmer,  J.  W.  Initiated — David  Prentice,  Gurdon  Minard,  Robert  Johnson,  Cran- 
dal  Sester,  Thomas  Sutton,  Daniel  Lathrop,  Otis  Wiswell,  Joseph  B.  Park,  Zeba- 
diah  D.  Butts,  Isaac  Trebj',  James  R.  Stetson.  Admitted — J.  E.  Culver,  Jere- 
miah Green.     Suspended — Perry  M.  Haskall. 

AURORA,  No.  35,  Harwinton— Willard  Hitchcock,  W.  M.,  Joel  G.  Candee.  S.W., 
Phineas  W.  Noble,  J.  W.     Initiated — Norman  Pettibone,  Wm.  Eaton. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Daniel  B.  Holcomb,  W.  M.,  Frederick  W.  Jew- 
ett,  S.  W.,  Harry  Holcomb,  J.  W.  Initiated — Israel  Goddard,  James  Massuere, 
Lasedale  Abels,  Grove  C.  Holcomb,  Ralsa  Mitchelson,  Moses  Ensign,  Jr.,  Joel 
Eno,  Wm.  Adams,  Allen  Bodwell. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Jedediah  Phelps,  W.  M.,  Benjamin  Welch, 


416  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Jr.,  S.  W.,  Stephen  Holt,  J.  W.     Iiiitiated— Isaac  Hanchet,  Hawley  Oakley,  Wm. 
P.  Judd,  James  Hotchkiss,  Halsey  Stevens.     Admitted — Daniel  Phelps. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No.  38,  Guilford— Jedediah  Lathrop,  W.  M.,  Amos  Seward,  S. 
W.,  George  C.  Bradley,  J.  W.  Initiated — Samuel  L.  Blatchley,  Jonathan  Lead- 
um,  Roswel  Blake,  Edward  Loper. 

ARK,  No.  39,  Weston— Lemuel  B.  Hull,-W.  M.,  John  B.  Merritt,  S.  W.,  Jere- 
miah Banks,  J.  W.     Initiated— A.he\  Burr,  Charles  Thorp,  Daniel  Hawley. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  R.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  Starr  Ferry,  S.  W.,  Henry 
Patch,  J.  W.  Initiated— T)amB\  Stone,  Charles  Benedict,  Calvin  Jenkins,  Ran- 
som Brothwell,  Ira  W,  Bronson.     Expelled — Noah  Barnum. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield — Benjamin  Lake,  W.  M.,  Joel  C.  Sherman  ,S.  W., 
Ira  Keeler,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Moses  Hall,  W.  M.,  Elihu  Hitchcock,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Hayden,  J.  W.  Initiated— AXmon  Clark,  Hiram  Upson,  Merrit  Welton. 
Admitted — Uriah  Gray,  Willard  Brooks. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— William  Webb,  W.  M.,  Vine  Hovey,  S.  W., 
William  Wattles,  J.  W.  Initiated — Elias  Rathbone,  Darius  Kingsley,  Samuel 
Savil,  Seth  Jilson,  Nelson  Wilkinson,  Alvin  Alexander,  Ebenezer  Ball,  Frederick 
Campbell,  Eliphalet  Welch,  Elisha  Tracy,  John  Martin,  Otis  Slade,  Wm.  E.  Por- 
ter, Maurice  Baker,  Erastus  Newall,  Jr.,  David  Avery,  Darwin  B.  Mason,  Marvin 
Richardson,  Alden  Richardson.  Admitted — Wm.  Jilson,  Chester  F.  Butts,  Geo, 
Byrne,  Henry  Hall,  Wm.  Norton.     Expelled — Albert  A.  Badger. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pom  fret— Andrew  A.  Williams,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Child,  S.  W., 
John  Fowler,  2d,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Bugbee,  George  Waters,  John  Leav- 
ens, George  Warren,  Charles  Trowbridge,  Jonathan  Beck,  James  Briggs,  Wm.  H. 
Weaver,  Thomas  I.  Browning,  Elisha  Knight,  Danforth  Child,  James  D.  Tourtel- 
lotte,  Giddiugs  W.  Keyes,  John  B.  Darling,  Charles  Chandler,  Samuel  Bowen. 
Admitted — Branford  Sparrow.     Suspended- — Evan  Gleason. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Jesse  Joy,  W.  M.,  Noah  Stone,  S.  W.,  Thos. 
A.  Stone,  J.  W.  Initiated — John  Storrs,  Raymond  French,  Charles  Bradley, 
Samuel  Lake,  Rev.  Thomas  Riggs,  Isaac  Rowe,  Harry  Wooster,  Gypsom  Lum, 
Philo  Holbrook. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Elijah  Barton,  W.  M.,  Ezra  Skiff,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
Geer,  J.  W. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— David  Keeler,  W.  M.,  Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
S.  W.,  Gamaliel  Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated— Kev .  James  A.  Balterson,  Philip  E. 
Smith,  Sherwood  Mead. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Sherman  McLean,  W.  M.,  Frederick  A.  Strong, 
S.  W.,  Augustus  R.  White,  J.  W.  Initiated — Augustus  Clark,  John  H.  Buel, 
Jacob  0.  Loomis,  Selah  Perkins,  Benjamin  C.  House,  John  B.  Hosmer,  Charles 
P.  Hollister,  Austin  Dunham,  George  W.  Fuller. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Warren  Gates,  W,  M,,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Hiram  Markham,  J.  W.     Initiated — Randal  Hurd,  Wm.  A.  Clark. 


1827.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  417 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Thomas  T.  Wells,  W.  M.,  Ansel 
Coats,  S.  W.,  John  D.  Gallup,  J.  W.  Initiated — John  H.  Browning,  Joseph  Stan- 
ton, Wm.  Potter,  Nathan  S.  Pendleton,  Asahel  M.  Lamphear,  Luther  W.  Lyon, 
Elisha  Park,  Sands  G.  Cole,  Isaac  P.  Langworthy.  Admitted — Ezra  Stillman, 
Phileman  Baldwin.     Expelled — Daniel  Carr. 

HAMILTON,  No.  54,  Sharon— Albert  F.  Roberts,  W.  M.,  Frederick  A.  King, 
S.  W.,  Leonard  Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated— Wm.  P.  Clark,  Albert  Rowley.  Ad- 
mitted— Leonard  Smith. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Wm.  North,  W.  M.,  Stephen  K.  Fielding,  S.  W., 
Luman  Hinman,  J.  W.    Initiated — Edward  R.  Warner. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— Irenus  Atkins,  W.  M.,  Cyrus  P.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Luman  Preston,  J.  W.     Expelled — Augustus  Hart. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington  Borough— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr., 
S.  W.,  Zebulon  D.  Palmer,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wm.  H.  Woodbridge,  John  Breed, 
Henrj'  Smith,  Horatio  N.  Fish,  Benjamin  Sawyer,  Amos  Tift,  George  Wolf,  Wra. 
Sawyer,  Jesse  Beebe.  Admitted — Benjamin  F.  Wheeler.  Suspended — Nehemiah 
M.  Gallup. 

NORTHERN.  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Jabin  Ford,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Sanford, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  S.  Bird,  J.  W.  Initiated — Chester  Dowd,  Willard  Case,  Ichabod 
Hurlbut,  Orville  Jones,  Sanford  Allen,  George  Taylor,  Loren  Loomis,  Luther 
Loomis.     Admitted — Romanta  0.  Plumb.     Expelled — Arunah  Case. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Wm.  C.  Gay,  W.  M.,  Israel  Harmon,  S.  W.,  Gur- 
don  C.  Gould,  J.  W.  Initiated — John  P.  Ingraham.  Admitted — Elam  Fuller, 
George  Bradley. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Joseph  Sibley,  W.  M.,  Isaac  McNary,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Pinks,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Holt,  Wm.  Gladding,  John  S.  Adams, 
Wm.  Stroud,  Samuel  Childs,  Aholiab  Johnson,  Rufus  G.  Pinney,  Henry  C.  Baker, 
Lyman  S.  Kibbe,  Carlos  Chapman,  Elihu  Marvin,  David  Johnson,  Abijah  Ladd, 
Jacob  Gerould,  Justin  Lathrop,  Ebenezer  Whitney,  Moses  Clement,  Lewis  Par- 
kiss,  John  Pinks,  Moses  B.  Harvey.     Admitted— GXarendiOn  Wheelock. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No.  61,  Goshen—Samuel  W.  Gold,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Brown,  S, 
W.,  Nelson  Brewster,  J.  W.  Initiated— D&mQl  Story,  Asaph  Wright,  John  Sco- 
ville. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Ozias  Roberts,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S.  W., 
Horace  Riley,  J.  W.  Initiated^-Loxmg  0.  Reynolds,  Ira  Bemont,  Orson  Spen- 
cer.    Admitted- — Nathaniel  Wales. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven— Augustus  R.  Street,  W.  M.,  Dennis  Kimberly, 
S.  W.,  Henry  Peck,  J.  W.  Initiated— AWmg  Brown,  John  Beach,  Robert  A. 
Fitzgerald,  Jairus  G.  Lines,  David  H.  Carr,  Stephen  W.  Meech,  David  H.  Brewer, 
Jesse  Peck,  Richard  M.  Treadway.    Admitted— Maxiin  Tupper. 

ST.  ANDREW'S,  No.  64,  Winsted— John  Boyd,  W.  M.,  Josiah  Smith,  S.  W,, 
Andrew  Dimock,  J.  W.     /razViaiaZ- Thomas  F.  Whiting,  Sylvanus  Twist,  George 

53 


418  GRAND    LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Dudley,   George  Farrington,   Norman   Spencer.     Admitted — Perrj-green  White, 
James  Flynn,  Daniel  Mills,  Rufus  Savory,  Robert  Martin. 

TEMPLE,  No.  65,  Saugatuck— Samuel  Jackson,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Burwell,  S.  AV., 
Wakeman  H.  Dikeman,  J.  W.  Initiated — David  Piatt,  Squire  Adams,  Warren 
Nichols,  Jonathan  Prescott,  Wm.  Smith. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Branford— Merrit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
Orrin  D.  Squire,  J.  W.     Initiated — Joseph  H.  Hill,  Eliakim  Linsley. 

HARMONY,  No.  67,  New  Canaan— Samuel  Carter,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Eliphalet  Weeds, 
S.  W.,  Rufus  Richards,  J.  W.  Initiated — Jesse  Richards,  Stephen  Seely,  Gusta- 
vus  A.  Belcher,  Holly  Seely. 

FAYETTE,  No.  69,  Ellington— Horatio  A.  Hamilton,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Smith, 
S.  W.,  Asa  Willey,  J.  W.  Initiated — Cyril  Pearl,  John  Belcher,  Theodore  D- 
Billings,  Rufus  Billings,  Charles  G.  Lord,  Joseph  C.  Dow,  Jenison  F.  Glazier, 
Warren  Skinner.    Admitted — John  Streeter,  Loren  P.  Waldo. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  70,  Windsor— Anson  Bates,  W.  M.,  Charles  Woodward,  S. 
W.,  Jasper  Morgan,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  Woodward,  Wm.  S.  Pierson,  Jas. 
A.  Drake,  Horace  H.  Sill,  Timothy  Wells.     Admitted — Samuel  0.  Hollister. 

SALEM,  No.  71,  Salem— Shubael  Parks,  W.  M.,  Joseph  C.  Beckworth,  S.  W., 
Roswel  Morgan,  J.  W.  Initiated — Timothy  Morgan,  Prentice  S.  Stoddard,  Wm. 
Few,  Amasa  Ransom,  Royal  W.  Tyler,  Henry  Nichols,  Sidney  Morgan,  Timothy 
W.  Pellet,  Matthias  W.  Baker,  John  L.  Latimer,  Nicholas  Latimer,  Roderick  G. 
Gardner,  John  Way,  Rev.  Tubal  Wakefield,  Marvin  Holmes,  David  Holmes.  Ad- 
mitted— Alonzo  Rockwell. 

LAFAYETTE,  No.  72,  Fairfield— John  G.  Allen,  W.  M.,  Stephen  Beers,  S.  W., 
John  W.  Bulkley,  J.  W.  Initiated — Andrew  H.  Colesworthy,  Ezra  Curtis,  Wm. 
Bartram,  Henry  Husted,  Agur  T.  Shute.  Bradley  Dimon,  Sturges  Morehouse, 
David  B.  Perry,  John  Hine,  Thomas  C.  Clayton,  Stephen  Hobart,  Chas.  W.  Thorp, 
George  Bartram,  Daniel  Golden,  Edwin  Sherwood,  Daniel  Wilson,  Wm.  Callow, 
Charles  Penfield,  Noah  T.  Pike,  Ephraim  Golden,  Morris  Alford,  Munson  Gray. 
Admitted — Burr  H.  Betts,  Wm.  H.  Nichols,  Moses  Nichols,  Edwin  Wheeler,  John 
Christie,  James  A.  Bailey,     Suspended — Paul  K.  ShetSeld. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— Armin  Bolles,  W.  M.,  John  Mather,  S. 
W.,  Wm.  T.  Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated— Amos  H.  Boyd,  Samuel  Gould,  Harry  01- 
cott,  Ralph  Cheney,  Halsey  Spencer,  Turner  Adams. 

BLAZING  STAR,  No.  74,  Cornwall— Uriah  Turner,  M.,  Myron  Harrison,  S.  W., 
Anson  Rogers,  J.  W.  Initiated — Chandler  Harrison,  Edward  R.  White,  John 
Pierce,  Wm.  S.  Stevens,  Heman  B.  Sterling,  Wm.  Blynn.  Admitted — Benjamin 
Catlin,  Ezekiel  Birdseye. 


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ANNUAL  SESSION,  1828. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  Tontine  Buildings,  in  the 
City  of  New  Haven,  on  the   14th  and  15th  days  of  May, 

A.  L.  5828  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  DANIEL  B.  BEINSMADE,  Grand  Master. 

B.  W.  JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

AMHERST  D.  SCOVILL,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
WILLIAM  G.  GAY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
CHAELES  A.  INGERSOLL,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
ASA  CHILD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  BENJAMIN  M.  HILL,  Grand  Chaplain,  p.  t. 
WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  /  ^       .  ^.         . 
PHILIP  SAUNDERS;  \  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 

KEPKESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Charles  A.  IngersoU,  Thomas  G. 

Woodward,  Eliphalet  G.  Storer. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Horace  Clark. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Samuel  Simons,  D.  B.  Nichols. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Isaac  Perkins,   Benj.  H.  Norton. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — John  W.  Leeds,  Wilham  H.  Holly, 

Charles  Hawley. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk— Philo  Price,  Edwin  Hoyt,  Asa  E. 

Smith. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodhury — Roderick  C.  Steele,  Nehe- 

miah  C.  Sanford,  Samuel  Steele. 


420  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  8,  St.  Jolin's,  Stratford — Kobert  Fairchild,  William  S. 
Shelton. 

No.  9,  ComiDass,  Wallingford — John  Andrews. 

No,  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — John  K.  Watrous,  Amherst  D. 
Scovill, 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— Phineas  B.  Taylor. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Titus  C.  Pratt,  Ebenezer  Fisher, 
Wm.  Lum. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — John  Barney,  C.  R.  Cable. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — John  Mix. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Benjamin  E.  Palmer. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown^ — Silas  Hoadley. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Henry  Dutton,  Theophilus  Nichols. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Monroe — Charles  B.  Clark. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Chauncey  Shipman,  Abijah  Flagg. 

No.  21,  St.  Peter's,  New  Milford— Clark  Hine. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Hezekiah  Thomas. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield— John  Fitch. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Jonathan  Welles. 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Wm.  Moody,  Wm.  Odell, 
Johnson  C.  Hatch. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Epaphras  L.  Phelps. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Ansel  Humphreys. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Chauncey  B.  Foote,  Lewis  Good- 
year. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Thomas  S.  Perkins. 

No.  32,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren — Benjamin  Green. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Martin  Cook. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Asa  Child. 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Joel  G.  Candee. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Simsbury — Harry  Holcomb. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Joseph  Battell. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford — Amos  Seward. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston— John  B.  Merrit. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Oliver  Shepard,  George  Clapp. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Anson  Sperry. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Thos.  Gray,  Eliphalet  Brown. 


1828.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  421 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  Asa  May. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire,  John  M.  Hart. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Abel  Beach. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Eidgefield — Hezekiah  Scott. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Leonard  Hendee,  Elisha  Perkins. 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Gruy  CoojDer, 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Thomas  T.  Welles, 

Wm.  Williams. 
No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Stephen  K.  Fielding,  William  E. 

Russell,  Russel  C.  Abernethy. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Cornelius  B.  Andrews. 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Jabin  Ford,  Lyman  Hart, 

Amos  Beecher. 
No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — William  C.  Gay,  Andrew  Dennison, 

Charles  Shepard. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Benning  Mann. 
No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — John  H.  Collins. 
No.  62,  Orient,  East  Hartford— Charles  H.  Olmsted. 
No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Augustus  R.  Street,  Henry  Peck, 

Avery  C.  Babcock. 
No.  67,  Hannony,  New  Canaan — Samuel  Raymond. 
No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — Erastus  T.  Smith. 
No.  69,  Fayette,  Ellington — Asa  Willey. 
No.  70,  Washington,  Windsor — Charles  Shepherd. 
No.  71,  Salem,  Salem— Matthias  W.  Baker,  Gilbert  A.  Smith, 

Jonathan  Hillard. 
No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield— John  G.  Allen,  Obadiah  Beards- 
ley,  Bradley  Dimon. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — John  Mather. 
No.  74,  Blazing  Star.  Cornwall — Uriah  Turner,  Peter  Bierce. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 


422  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

After  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Bro.  Benjamin  M.  Hill,  the  Grand 
Lodge  was  oj^ened  in  due  form  by  the  M.  W.  G.  Master. 

The  M.  W.  G.  Master  having  stated  that  the  first  business  in 
order  would  be  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  re- 
quested the  brethren  to  accept  his  grateful  acknowledgements 
for  the  high  honors  conferred  on  him  by  the  Grand  Lodge  the 
two  preceding  years,  in  their  selection  of  him  to  fill  the  office  of 
Grand  Master  ;  but  declined  being  considered,  on  account  of  his 
many  avocations,  a  candidate  for  the  office  at  the  present  time. 

A  ballot  was  then  taken  for  Grand  Master,  when  M.  W.  Ly- 
man Law,  Past  Grand  Master,  was  declared  duly  elected  to  that 
office. 

R.  W.  John  S.  Peters  was  elected  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

The  Grand  Master  elect  not  being  present,  Brs.  Erastus  T. 
Smith  and  Thomas  T.  Welles  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
wait  on  him,  inform  him  of  his  election,  and  request  his  accept- 
ance and  attendance  at  Grand  Lodge. 

R.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  D.  G.  M.,  declined  the  votes  of 
the  brethren  for  any  office  in  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  six  hundred 
and  thirty-one  dollars  and  nine  cents,  in  cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the  Hartford 
Bank.     All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

ANDREW  KIDSTON,       ) 
JAMES  CARRINGTON,  }  Committee. 
CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,) 
New  Haven,  May  12,  1828. 

The  committee  appointed  to  wait  on  M.  W.  Br.  Lyman  Law, 
Grand  Master  elect,  to  inform  him  of  his  appointment  and  re- 
quest his  attendance,  having  returned,  made  report,  that  Bro. 
Law  declined  accepting  the  office,  declaring  that  he  entertained 
the  most  grateful  feelings  towards  the  members  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  for  the  distinguished  honor  conferred  upon  him,  but  that 


1828.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  423 

the  multiplicity  of  his  affairs  would  render  it  altogether  incon- 
venient for  him  to  attend  to  its  duties.  The  R.  W.  Deputy  G. 
Master  elect,  Bro.  John  S.  Peters,  also  declined  accepting  that 
office. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication 
on  the  petition  of  Elisha  Lester  and  others,  made  their  report  in 
the  words  following,  viz  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Orand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  subscribers,  being  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  communication 
held  at  Hartford,  the  9th  day  of  May,  5827,  a  committee  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  propriety  of  granting  the  prayer  of  the  petition  of  Elisha  Lester  and 
others,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge  in  the  Tillage  of  Jewett 
City,  in  the  town  of  Griswold^^as  per  petition  dated  February  7,  1827,  take  leave 
to  report : 

That  in  pursuance  of  our  appointment,  we  duly  notified  the  parties  concerned, 
to  meet  us  at  Johnson's  Hotel,  in  said  village,  on  the  15th  of  November,  1827, 
when  and  where  they  met  us  accordingly,  and  were  fully  heard,  with  the  evi- 
dences, arguments  and  exhibits ;  and  having  maturely  considered  the  same,  we 
are  of  opinion,  that  from  the  flourishing  state  of  the  village,  and  the  number  of 
brethren  residing  therein,  its  distance  from  the  various  Lodges  in  the  vicinity, 
and  that  there  is  a  pretty  large  section  of  country  east  and  north-east  on  which 
there  is  at  present  no  Lodges,  it  would  be  convenient,  and  for  the  extention  and 
interest  of  Masonry,  to  erect  a  new  Lodge  in  said  village.  Whereupon,  we  report 
and  recommend  that  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners  be  granted. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  R.  WATROUS, ) 

S.  F.  DENISON,  }  Committee. 

LYMAN  LAW,  } 

On  motion,  the  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the 
23rayer  of  the  petition  granted. 

A  resolution  respecting  the  establishment  of  new  Lodges  was 
then  called  up  and  passed,  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  inexpedient  to  grant  any  new  Lodges  at  the  present  time, 
and  that  all  applications  for  new  Lodges  now  pending  before  this  Grand  Lodge, 
be  indefinitely  postponed. 

The  Grand  Lodge  adjourned  until  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 


424  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

7  o'clock,  P.  31. 
Grand  Lodge  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  proceeded  to 
the  election  of  officers,  when  the  following  were  elected,  viz  : 

M.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  Grand  Master, 

E.  W.  Amherst  D.  Scovill,-  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

William  C.  Gay,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  G.  Master  made  the  following  appointments,  viz  : 

Asa  Child,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Samuel  Simonds,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Kev,  Benjamin  M.  Sill,  Grand  Chaplain. 

Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Elisha  Harrington,  7  ^       .  r.^         i 
Anson  Colton,  '  |  Grand  Stewards. 

John  Corse,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Grand  Officers  were  then  installed  in  due  form. 
The  Grand  Lodge  then  adjourned  to  7  o'clock,  A.  M.,  of  the 
next  day. 


May  15,  7  o'cloch,  A.  if. 

Grand  Lodge  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  proceeded  to 
the  dispatch  of  business. 

The  resolution  passed  yesterday  for  the  indefinite  postpone- 
ment of  all  applications  for  new  Lodges,  was  reconsidered  and 
rescinded. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  petition  of  Andrew  Brown 
and  others,  praying  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  to  be 
located  in  West  Woodstock,  was  presented  and  taken  into  con- 
sideration, and  in  lieu  of  granting  the  prayer  of  the  petition,  as 
therein  recommended,  the  following  vote  was  passed,  viz  :  That 
the  members  of  Putnam  Lodge,  at  any  regular  meeting,  have 
permission  to  remove  said  Lodge  to  some  place  in  the  south 


1828.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  425 

society  of  Woodstock,  notice  thereof  being  previously  given  to 
the  members  of  said  Lodge. 

The  petition  of  Bro.  Orrin  Pearl,  a  member  of  Friendship 
Lodge,  No.  33,  in  the  natm'e  of  an  appeal  from  a  sentence  of 
suspension,  together  with  a  remonstrance  from  Bro.  Seth  Clark 
and  other  members  of  said  Lodge,  were  continued  to  the  next 
communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 

The  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  presented  to  M.  W.  Bro- 
Daniel  B.  Brinsmade,.  for  the  ability  and  impartiality  with  which  he  has  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  two  years  past. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  the  members  of  Federal  Lodge, 
No.  17,  Watertown,  praying  permission  to  alternate  the  settings 
of  said  Lodge  at  Plymouth  and  Watertown  :  whereupon, 

Voted,  That  the  members  of  said  Lodge  have  permission  to 
remove  the. same  to  the  town  of  Plymouth  for  the  term  of  two 
years  from  the  27th  day  of  December  next,  and  then  hold  the 
communications  of  said  Lodge  for  the  next  two  years  at  Water- 
town,  and  so  alternately. 

Voted,  That  the  brethren  of  the  town  of  Plymouth,  who  pre- 
sented their  jDetition  at  the  last  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  for  the  establishment  of  a  new  Lodge,  to  be  located  in 
that  town,  have  leave  to  withdraw  their  petition. 

Voted,  That  no  person  living  and  residing  within  the  juris- 
diction of  any  Lodge  in  this  State,  who  shall  be  made  a  Mason 
in  any  other  Lodge  without  such  jurisdiction,  without  the  con- 
sent of  such  Lodge  where  he  may  live  or  reside,  shall  be  received 
as  a  member  or  be  permitted  to  sit  in  the  Lodge  where  he  so 
lives  or  resides,  without  paying  to  such  Lodge  the  full  amount 
of  fees,  according  to  the  degrees  which  he  may  claim  to  have 
received  ;  but  such  Lodge  may,  if  they  think  proper,  dispense 
with  such  fees. 

Bro.  Frederick  Lee,  who  was  appointed  a  committee  in  May, 
A.  L.  5826,  to  call  on  the  last  Secretary  of  Pythagoras  Lodge, 
at  Lyme,  and  also  of  Trinity  Lodge,  at  Killingworth,  to  receive 
the  charters,  funds,  jewels,  books  and  furniture  of  those  Lodges, 
made  report,  that  he  had  fulfilled  the  duties  of  his  appointment 

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426  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [M^y, 

as  far  as  lie  had  been  able,  tbat  he  could  obtain  nothing  from 
the  last  Secretaries  of  those  Lodges  but  their  charters,  which  he 
held  subject  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

His  report  was  accepted  and  those  charters  ordered  to  be  de- 
posited with  the  Grand  Secretary. 

The  committee  appointed  on  the  petition  of  Western  Star 
Lodge,  No.  37,  Norfolk,  praying  for  the  restoration  of  the  town 
of  Colebrook  to  the  jurisdiction  of  said  Western  Star  Lodge, 
which  petition  was  presented  to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  May,  A.  L. 
5827,  and  continued  to  the  present  Grand  Communication,  made 
their  report  in  the  words  following,  viz  : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  May,  A.  L.  5827,  to  consider 
the  petition  of  the  brethren  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  and  to  report  thereon  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  their  next  Grand  Communication,  report,  that  having  previously 
notified  the  Lodges  concerned,  of  the  time  and  place  of  meeting,  met  in  Norfolk, 
on  Tuesday,  February  26,  5828,  and  after  duly  considering  the  facts  presented 
them,  are  of  opinion  that  Western  Star  Lodge  is,  by  the  previous  understanding 
of  the  Lodges,  and  the  principles  regulating  the  establishing  of  new  Lodges,  justly 
entitled  to  the  town  of  Colebrook  as  a  part  of  their  limits  ;  but  considering  the 
greater  accommodation  of  the  brethren  and  the  good  of  Masonry,  they  deem  it 
expedient  that  that  portion  of  Colebrook,  including  the  inhabitants  of  Still  River 
Turnpike,  and  which  lies  east  of  the  said  roads,  remain  attached  to  the  limits  of 
St.  Andrew's  Lodge ;  they  would  therefore  recommend  that  all  that  part  of  Cole- 
brook west  of  the  above  mentioned  limits  be  restored  to  the  limits  of  Western  Star 
Lodge.  Respectfully  submitted, 

TIMOTHY  COLLINS.         ) 
JEREMIAH  W.  PHELPS,  \  Committee. 
ELISHA  SMITH,  ) 

Norfolk,  Feb.  26,  1828. 

The  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  a  vote  of  Grand 
Lodge  passed,  that  the  jurisdiction  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  No. 
37,  and  St.  Andrew's  Lodge,  No.  64,  be  established  as  recom- 
mended in  the  report. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  complaint  of  St. 
Alban's  Lodge,  No.  38,  against  Widow's  Son  Lodge,  No.  QQ, 
for  having  initiated  a  person  residing  within  the  limitts  of  said 
St.  Alban's  Lodge,  submitted  the  following  report : 

That  they  have  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and  find  that  said  Widow's 
Son  Lodge  initiated  one  Joseph  H.  Hill,  by  occupation  a  mariner,  whose  place  of 


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residence  is  within  the  limits  of  said  St.  Alban's  Lodge ;  although  said  Hills  claims 
to  be  a  transient  person,  and  without  any  permanent  residence,  and  that  said 
Widow's  Son  Lodge  had  no  knowledge  at  the  time  of  initiation  of  said  Hill,  that 
he  was  a  resident  within  the  limits  of  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  but  supposed  him,  as  he 
alleged  himself,  to  be  a  transient  person. 

Your  committee  are  of  opinion,  that  if  said  Widow's  Son  Lodge  has  violated 
the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  by  initiating  said  Joseph  H.  Hills,  they  have 
done  it  inadvertently  and  unintentionally,  and  would  recommend  that  the  penal- 
ties incurred  by  Widow's  Son  Lodge  be  remitted. 

FREDERICK  LEE,       ) 
WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  }  Committee. 
WILLIAM  H.  JONES, ) 

The  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the  penalties 
incurred  by  Widow's  Son  Lodge  remitted,  as  therein  recom- 
mended 

Brs.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  and  William  H.  Ellis,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary  for  the  current  year,  and  report  at  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Eev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


428  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES, 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  AV.  M.,  Thomas  G.  Wood- 
ward, S.  W.,  Eliphalet  G.  Storer,  J.  W.     Initiated — Josiah  Wilson. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Samuel  Babcock,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Green- 
field, S.  W.,  Charles  B.  Darrow,  J.  W.  Initiated — Lot  D.  Vansands,  Wm.  J.  Gil- 
"bert,  Benjamin  Savage.  Admitted — Abial  A.  Loomis.  Expelled — Daniel  D.  Ful- 
ler, John  L.  Lewis. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Samuel  Simons,  W.  M.,  Lewis  C.  Segee,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Hutchins.  J.  W.     Initiated — David  L.  Mills,  Jesse  Mallet. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Isaac  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Davis,  S.  W., 
Denison  Morgan,  J.  W.     Initiated — Charles  F.  Hopkins. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— John  W.  Leeds,  W.  M.,  AVilliam  Wilmot,  S.  W.,  Al- 
fred A.  Holly,  J.  W.  Initiated — Ebenezer  H.  Watson,  Abraham  H.  Close,  Frank- 
lin A.  Miller,  Henry  Scofield,  Andrew  Mead.  Joseph  W.  Weeks.  Admitted — Rev. 
Ambrose  S.  Todd,  Smith  Scott.     Expelled — Isaac  Bishop. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Philo  Price,  W.  M.,  Edwin  Hoyt,  S.  W.,  Asa  E. 
Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated — Amos  Gregory,  Wm.  B.  Betts,  Epenetus  S.  Ketchum, 
Henry  Hubbard. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodburj^- R.  C.  Steele,  W.  M.,  Charles  Ransom, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Preston,  J.  W.  Initiated — Minor  Hazen,  George  Leech,  Martin 
Jackson,  Smith  Gunn,  Gad  Hitchcok.     Admitted — Garry  Riggs,  George  Finch. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Samuel  Benjamin,  W.  M.,  Benjamin  Fairchild, 
S.  W.,  Bennett  Crofut,  J.  W.     /jiT^iaied— Edward  H.  Cairns. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— John  Barker,  AV.  M.,  James  Keeler,  S.  W.,  Me- 
dad  W.  Munson,  J.  W. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— Joseph  D.  Packwood,  W.  M.,  Marvin  W.  Hutch- 
his,  S.  W. ;  Joshua  B.  Wheeler,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Frederick  Buel,  W.  M.,  Heman  W.  Childs,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  R.  Childs,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Titus  C.  Pratt,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Fisher,  S.  W., 
Wm.  Lum,  J.  W. 

MONTGOMERY,  No.  13,  Salisbury— Luther  Ticknor,  W.  M.,  Joshua  W.  Stan- 
ton, S.  W.,  Daniel  S.  Clapp,  J.  W.  Initiated — Schuyler  Pratt,  Moses  A.  Lee, 
Chester  Averill,  George  Pratt,  Moses  Wells.  Expelled — Richard  Hollister,  John 
H.  Wheeler,  Wm.  Williams. 


1828.]  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  429 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmingtoii— Lemuel  Wliitnian,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W.  Suspended — George  Treadwell,  Edwin  Wads- 
wortli. 

MORIAH,No.  15,  Canterbury— Henry  Clark,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Eldridge,  S.  W., 
Joseph  Hutchins,  J.  W.     Initiated — Marvin  Robinson. 

TEMPLE,  No.  16,  Cheshire— Charles  Shelton,  W.  M.,  Elnathan  Beach,  S.  W., 
George  W.  Hicks,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Silas  Hoadley,  W.  M.,  James  H.  Hitchcock, 
S.  W.,  Mark  J.  Bronson,  J.  W.     Initiated — Benhara  Beecher,  Shandy  Spencer. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Henry  Dutton,  W.  M.,  Theophilus  Nichols,  S.  W., 
Alexander  Hall,  J.  W.     Initiated — Cyrus  D.  Fairchild. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe— Charles  B.  Clark,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Watkins,  S. 
W.,  Ephraim  Lane,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wakeman  Turney,  Abijah  Crofut,  Morti- 
mer N.  Shelton. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Chauncey  Shipman,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W., 
Richard  Wilcox,  J.  W. 

ST.  PETER'S,  No.  21,  NewMilford— Jehiel  Williams,  W.  M.,  Oliver  W.  Pickett, 
S.  W.,  Franklin  Stedraan,  J.  W.     Initiated — Benjamin  E.  Bostwick. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Woodbridge— Jehiel  Castle,  W.  M.,  Archibald  A.  Perkins, 
S.  W.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— David  Baldwin,  W.  M.,  Isaac  H.  Cook,  S.  W., 
Adin  Cook,  J.  W.     Expelled — Erastus  Brewster, 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Ichabod  Bulkley,  W.  M.,  Harvey  Clark,  S.  W., 
Shubajl  Dimock,  J.  W.  Initiated — Sullivan  Harkness,  Uriah  Brigham,  Benja- 
min Payne,  John  T.  Gilbert,  Nelson  W.  Slade.     Admitted — Jonathan  West. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Imlay  Covell,  W.  M.,  Chester  Ackley,  S.  W., 
Charles  Remington,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  East  Haddam— James  Gladwin,  W.  M.,  Matthew  G.  War- 
ner, S.  W.,  Isaac  Ackley,  J.  W.  Initiated — Richard  W.  Green,  Moses  B.  Wright, 
Robert  B.  Button.     Admitted — Matthew  G.  Warner. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington—  Wm.  Moody,  W.  M.,  David  W.  Norton, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  Burnham.  J.  W.     Initiated — Charles  B.  Norton,  Sheldon  Logan. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  Warehouse  Point^Solomon  Terry,  W.  M.,  Harmon 
Terry,  S.  W.,  Joel  Booth,  J.  W. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Hermon  Chapin,  S.  W., 
Frederick  Humphreys,  J.  W.  Initiated — Hiram  Barber,  Coral  Humphreys,  2d, 
Henry  Ely,  Henry  D.  Bolles,  Edward  Phelps,  Freeman  Graham,  Roswel  Reed, 
Drayton  Humphreys.  Admitted — Sylvester  Seymour,  Alfred  Copeland,  Myroa 
H.  Morgan. 

DAY-SPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Chauncey  B.  Foot,  W.  M..  Lewis  Goodyear, 


430  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^Jy 

S.  W.,  Oreb  Turner,  J.  AV.     Initiated — Merit  W.  Riggs.     Suspended — Elam  Brad- 
ley.    Expelled — Obed  Blakesley,  Ransom  Benham. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Dyer  T.  Brainard,  W.  M.,  Joshua  Hamilton,  S.W., 
Daniel  B.  Hempsted,  J.  W.  Initiated — Erastus  Fisk,  Amos  Starks,  Franklin 
Smith,  Anson  Smith,  Wm.  B.  Lane,  Solomon  Morgan. 

MERIDIAN  SUN,  No.  82,  Warren— Julius  W.  Bement,  W.  M.,  John  M.  Curtis, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  B.  Everett,  J.  W.     Initiated — Merit  Wickwire. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Martin  Cook,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Shepherd,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Hitchcock,  J.  W.  Initiated — Lauren  Tharp.  Admitted — Medad 
Alcox. 

SOMERSET,  No.  34,  Norwich— Asa  Child,  W.  M.,  Guy  Davenport,  S,  W., 
Asa  Roath,  J.  W. 

AURORA,  No.  85,  Harwinton-^oel  G.  Candee,  W.  M.,  Jacob  0.  Catlin,  S.  W., 
Wm.  S.  Goodwin,  J.  W.     Initiated — Miles  Hill. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Charles  Holcomb,  W.  M.,  Samuel  D.  Sizer,  S. 
W.,  Moses  Ensign,  J.  W.  Initiated — Lorenzo  R.  Dean,  Robert  Hoskins,  Chester 
Sedgewick,  Elisha  Booth,  Reuben  Corset,  Chauncey  Root,  Philo  Pinney,  David 
Lamberton,  Jeremiah  Lewis. 

WESTERN  STAR,  No.  37,  Norfolk— Jedediah  Phelps,  W.  M.,  Benjamin  Welch, 
S.  W.,  Elizur  Dowd,  J.  W. 

ST.  ALBAN'S,  No,  38,  Guilford— Amos  Seward,  W.  M.,  Wm.  E.  Lathrop,  S.  W., 
Taber  Smith,  J.  W.     Initiated — Asher  F.  Scranton. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  R.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Patch,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
Patch  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Perkins,  Stephen  A.  Hurlbut,  Alfred  Benedict, 
Sylvester  Stevens. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Anson  Sperry,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Hayden,  S,  W., 
Reuben  L.  Judd,  J.  W.  Initiated — Daniel  Porter,  Joseph  Burton,  Joel  Hinman, 
Admitted — James  M.  L.  Scoville,  Reuben  L.  Judd,  Jacob  Talmadge. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Vine  Hovey,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Gray,  S.  W., 
Eliphalet  Brown,  J.  W,  Initiated — Wm.  C.  Boon,  Jefferson  Campbell,  Appleton 
Dorrance,  Erastus  Kennedy,  John  Carver.  Admitted — Josiah  Warner,  Warren 
Robinson,  Charles  G.  Avery,  Moses  Hopkins.  Suspended — Eliphalet  Ripley.  Ex- 
pelled— Socrates  Balcom,  Christopher  S.  Avery. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret^Ezra  Child,  W.  M.,  John  Fowler,  2d,  S.  W.,  Ru- 
fus  S.  Matthewson,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Darling,  Nathaniel  H.  Parkhurst, 
Stephen  Carpenter.     Expelled — Herbert  A.  Reed. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Jesse  Joy,  W.  M.,  Noah  Stone,  S.  W.,  John 
M.  Hart,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  Morgan.  Admitted — John  M.  Hart.  Sus- 
pended— Harvey  Osborn.     Expelled — Ira  H.  Smith. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Ezra  Skiff,  W.  M.,  Welcome  Gear,  S.  W.,  Heze- 
kiah  Chittenden,  J.  W. 


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1828.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  431 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Erastus  S.  Bouton,  W.  M.,  Gamaliel  Smith, 
S.  W.,  Wra.  Lee,  J.  W.  Initiated — Knapp  Osborn,  Daniel  Avery,  Samuel  S.  01m- 
stead. 

"WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover—Frederick  A.  Strong,  W.  M.,  Alonzo  Birge,  S.  W., 
John  H.  Buel,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Warren  Gates,  W.  M.,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Hiram  Markham,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Ansel  Coats,  W.  M.,  John  D.  Gal- 
lup, S.  W.,  Roswel  R.  Avery,  J.  W.     Initiated — Lucius  H.  Tracy,  Henry  C.  Brown. 

SENECA,  No.  56,  Torrington— Stephen  K.  Fielding,  W.  M.,  Luman  Hinman, 
S.  W.,  Henry  Whitman,  J.  W.  Initiated — Heman  L.  Cummings.  Suspended — • 
Edward  R.  Warner. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— Cornelius  B.  Andrews,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  B.  Hinman,  J.  W.     Initiated — David  B.  Johnson. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— William  Storer,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Wm.  S.  Williams, 
S.  W.,  Thomas  Ash,  J.  W.  Initiated — Samuel  P.  Robinson.  Admitted — Alex- 
ander Patterson. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted- Jabin  Ford,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Sanford, 
S.  W.,  Amos  Beecher,  J.  W.     Initiated — Watrous  F.  Menter,  Hiram  Wescott. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Wm.  C.  Gay,  W.  M.,  Israel  Harmon,  S.  W.,  Gur- 
don  C.  Gould,  J.  W.     Initiated — George  Sheldon. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  StaflFord— Joseph  Sibley,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Pinks,  S.  W., 
James  Holt,  J.  W.  Initiated — Samuel  C.  Lyon,  Merrick  Munger,  Austin  Alden, 
Jedediah  Healey,  Horace  Orcutt,  Jarvis  G.  Farrar,  Francis  Ainsworth.  Admit- 
ted— Jared  B.  Benton. 

OLIVE  BRANCH,  No  61,  Goshen— Moses  Wadhams,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Brown,  S. 
W.,  Nelson  Brewster,  J.  W. 

ORIENT,  No.  62,  East  Hartford— Charles  H.  Olmsted,  W.  M.,  Horace  Riley, 
S.  W.,  Ralph  Pitkin,  J.  W. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven— Augustus  R.  Street,  W.  M.,  Henry  Peck,  S.  W., 
Avery  C.  Babcock,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  W.  Goodrich,  Julius  Smith,  Robert 
J.  Fisher,  Peter  S.  Segretani.     Admitted — Cyprian  Wilcox. 

ST.  ANDREW'S,  No.  64,  Winsted— John  Boyd,  W.  M.,  Stephen  Rowley,  S.  W., 
Wm.  S.  Boyd,  J.  W.  Initiated — Rabsamon  Bellamy,  Ralph  Case,  Wm.  F.  Whi- 
ting, John  P.  Oviat.  Admitted — Elijah  J.  Cummins,  Thomas  F.  Bradshaw,  Wm. 
Swift,  Daniel  D'Wolf. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Branford— Samuel  P.  Russell,  W.  M.,  Merrit  Foot, 
S.  W.,  Loring  D.  Hosley,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  67,  New  Canaan— Eliphalet  Weed,  W.  M.,  David  S.  Knight, 
S.  W.,  Caleb  S.  Benedict,  J.  W.    Initiated— D&y'\di  T.  Fuller,  Heckford  Ferris. 


432  GRAND   LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

CHARITY,  No,  68,  Groton— Roswel  Allyn,  W.  M.,  Erastus  T.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Guy  C.  Stoddard,  J.  W.  Initiated — Prentice  Williams,  Phineas  Holdridge,  2d. 
Admitted — George  Sidleman,  Joseph  Chapman,  Gilbert  Williams,  John  Arnold. 

FAYETTE,  No.  69,  Ellington— Ebeaezer  Smith,  W.  M.,  Horatio  Dow,  S.  W., 
Chester  Chapman,  J.  W.  Initiated — Lewis  Blood,  Otis  Martin,  Wm.  Scott,  Sam- 
uel Goucher. 

WASHINGTON,  No.  70,  Windsor— Anson  Bates,  W.  M.,  Charles  Woodward,  S. 
W.,  Jasper  Morgan,  J.  W. 

SALEM,  No.  71,  Salem— Roswel  Morgan,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Lewis,  S.  W.,  William 
Buck,  J.  W. 

LAFAYETTE,  No.  72,  Fairfield- John  G.  Allen,  W.  M.,  Stephen  Beers,  S.  W,, 
John  W.  Bulkley,  J.  W.  Initiated — Jerome  Beers,  Joseph  Bulkley,  Joseph  Jen- 
nings, Wm.  McDougal,  Calvin  Seeley,  Absalom  Rodbird,  Ephraim  Burr. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  George  Carriel,  S. 
W.,  Josiah  Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated — Henry  Marble,  Joseph  T.  Holmes,  Justin  T. 
Millard,  Wm.  M.  Roberts,  Ezra  Bennett,  Rev.  Nathaniel  P.  Metcalf.  Admitted — 
Joseph  Noyes.     Expelled — Erastus  Vorra. 

BLAZING  STAR,  No.  74,  Cornwall— Uriah  Turner,  W.  M.,  Myron  Harrison,  S. 
W.,  Anson  Rogers,  J.  W.  Initiated- — Harmon  J.  Hotchkiss,  Henry  Cross,  William 
Bates. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Nathan  Johnson,  W.  M.,  Lucius  Ty- 
ler, S.  W.,  John  C.  Tibbitts,  J.  W. 


1829.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  433 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1829. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  13th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1829,  A.  L.  5829  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  AMHERST  D.  SCOVILL,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"      WILLIAM  GAY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"      CHARLES  A.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"      LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 

"      ASA  CHILD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       SAMUEL  SIMONS,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

''      ELISHA  HARRINGTON,  Grand  Steward. 

"      ANSON  COLTON,  do. 

«       JOHN  CORSE,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES    OF  LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — James  C.  Parker,  Wm.  H,  Ellis, 

Thomas  G.  Woodward. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Charles  B.  Darrow, 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Samuel  Simons. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Isaac  Perkins,  Henry  Kilhoura. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Simeon  H.  Miner,  Charles  Hawley. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Philo  Price,  Henry  Selleck. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodhury — Charles  B.  Phelps. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford— Rohert  Fairchild. 
No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — John  Barker. 
No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Marvin  W.  Hutchins,  Samuel  A. 

Peters. 
No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— Samuel  R.  Childs. 

55 


434  GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Josiah  Nettleton. 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — Stephen  Beach,  Luther  Tick- 
nor. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Mark  I.  Bronson. 

No.  19,  Washington,  Monroe — Agur  Lewis. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Luther  Beckley,  Abijah  Flagg, 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 

No.  23,  St.  James,  Preston — Erastus  Smith. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield— Ichabod  Bulkley. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Ezra  Dayton. 

No.  27,  Eising  Sun,  Washington — Kemus  M.  Fowler. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Solomon  Terry. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Ansel  Humphreys. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Leverett  Hitchcock. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London— Thomas  S.  Perkins. 

No.  32,  Meridian  Sun,  Warren — Julius  W.  Bement. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Martin  Cook,  Isaac  Shep- 
herd, Samuel  Hitchcock. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Asa  Child. 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Joel  G.  Candee. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby— Daniel  B.  Holcomb. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — Amos  Pettibone. 

No.  38,  St.  Alban's,  Guilford — Amos  Seward. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston— John  B.  Merritt. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Starr  Ferry. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Stephen  Gregory. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Daniel  Hayden. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Thomas  Gray. 

No,  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — John  Fowler,  Thomas  Hubbard. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Meigs. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Nathaniel  P.  Perry. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Kidgefield — David  Keeler. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Alonzo  W.  Birge,  Leonard  Hendee, 
Charles  P.  Hollister. 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nathaniel  Markham. 


1829.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  435 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,   North  Stonington — John  D.  Gallup. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Wra.  E.  Eussel. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Jabin  Ford,  Lyman  W. 
Hart. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield— Wm.  C.  Gay. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Benning  Mann. 

No.  61,  Olive  Branch,  Goshen — Samuel  W.  Gold. 

No.  62,  Orient,  East  Hartford — Chas.  H.  Ohnstead,  Ealph  Pit- 
kin, Levi  Wells. 

No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Justin  Redfield,  Henry  Peck, 
Avery  C.  Babcock. 

No.  66,  Widow's  Son,  Branford — Samuel  P.  Russel. 

No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — Joseph  Tuttle. 

No.  69,  Fayette,  Ellington— Asa  Willey. 

No.  70,  Washington,  Windsoi- — Allyn  M.  Mather. 

No.  71,  Salem,  Salem — Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Eoswell  Morgan. 

No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Joseph  Noyes,  JosiahLoomis. 

No.  74,  Blazing  Star,  Cornwall — Peter  Bierce. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — John  C.  Tibbitts. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 
to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  James  M.  Goodv^in,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Amhekst  D.  Scovill,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

William  C.  Gay,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

Chakles  a.  Ingeesoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  G.  Master  announced  the  following  appointments, 
viz  : 


436  GKAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [M^y, 

Eev.  Benjamin  M.  Hill,  Grand  Chaplain. 
Asa  Child,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Samuel  Simonds,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Philip  Saunders,  )  ^..^^^^^^  Stewards. 

Eichard  Dodd,      j 

Darius  Higgins,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 

Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 

and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 

Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 

him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 

Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  four  hundred 

and  ninety  dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents,  in  cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the  Hai't- 

ford  Bank ;  making  the  total  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  $2290.38. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,  >  n^^^^ee 
WM.  H.  ELLIS,  5  ^ommtrree. 

New  Haven,  May  9,  1829. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  appeal  of  Bro.  Or- 
rin  Pearl,  of  Southington,  from  the  sentence  of  suspension  pro- 
nounced against  him  by  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  33,  together 
with  the  remonstrance  of  Bro.  Seth  Clark  and  others,  made  a 
verbal  report,  that  the  difficulty  with  Bro.  Pearl  and  certain 
members  of  said  Lodge  had  been  settled  between  themselves, 
and  he  restored  to  his  former  good  standing  in  the  Lodge.  On 
motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  be  accepted,  the  commit- 
tee discharged,  and  the  ajjpeal  dismissed. 

Upon  the  application  of  Compass  Lodge,  No.  9,  for  a  loan 
from  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  it  was  voted  that  the  Grand 
Treasurer  be  authorized  and  directed  to  loan  to  said  Lodge  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  upon  mortgage  of  their  hall  in  the 
town  of  Wallingford,  provided  the  same  be  kept  insured  to  the 
amount  of  double  the  sum  loaned. 

A  petition  was  received  from  Warren  Lodge,  No.  50,  Ando- 
ver,  praying  the  Grand  Lodge,  for  various  reasons  set  forth  in 
said  petition,  to  allow  them  the  privilege  of  holding  their  com- 


1829.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  437 

munications,  a  part  of  the  time,  in  the  village  of  Hebron,  at 
a  distance  of  about  six  miles  from  the  present  established  loca- 
tion of  said  Lodge,  and  about  an  equal  distance  from  Wooster 
Lodge,  No.  10,  Colchester. 

After  some  discussion  as  to  the  propriety  of  the  measure,  and 
a  suitable  explanation  from  the  Worshipful  Master  and  several 
other  members  of  said  Warren  Lodge,  it  was  voted  that  the 
prayer  of  said  petition  be  granted,  on  condition  that  the  limits 
of  said  Warren  Lodge  shall  not  thereby  be  extended. 

On  motion,  leave  was  granted  to  Bro.  Ingoldsby  W,  Craw- 
ford to  withdraw  the  petition  of  Andrew  Brown  and  others  for 
a  new  Lodge  in  Woodstock. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  a  report,  showing  a  large  and 
increasing  delinquency  in  the  returns  from  subordinate  Lodges, 
on  account  of  the  prevailing  excitement  and  j)anic  which  was 
now  existing  on  the  subject  of  Masonry,  and  suggesting  the 
propriety  of  withholding  from  publication  the  present  meagre 
returns.  Whereupon,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Secretary, 
in  publishing  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  be  instruct- 
ed to  omit  the  returns  from  subordinate  Lodges,  until  other- 
wise ordered  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Bros.  Wm.  H.  Ellis  and  Charles  A.  IngersoU  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 


438  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1830. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  12th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5830  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  AMHERST  D.  SCOVILL,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

WILLIAM  G.  GAY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

CHAELES  A.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 
Rev.  BENJAMIN  M.  HILL,  Grand  Chaplain. 

ASA  CHILD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

GILBERT  A.  SMITH,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

PHILIP  SAUNDERS,  /  n      ^  q.        a 
RICHARD  DODD,         \  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

DARIUS  HIGGINS,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Wm.  H.  Ellis,  E.  G.  Storer,  Joel 

Potter. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Ahiel  A.  Loomis. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Alfred  Copeland. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Simeon  H.  Minor. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Edwin  Hoyt,  Asa  E.  Smith. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Nehemiah  C.  Sanford. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 
No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Avery  Morgan. 
No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— Phineas  B.  Taylor. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — William  Lum,  Ebenezer  Fisher, 

John  C.  Humphreys. 


1830.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  439 

No.  13,  Montgomery,  Salisbury — Abijali  C.  Peet. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — George  Norton. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Thomas  Huntington. 

No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Silas  Hoadley. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Adoniram  Fairchild. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Luther  Beckley. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield— Don  F.  Brigham. 

No.  27,  Bising  Sun,  Washington — Daniel  B.  Brinsmade. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Epaphras  L.  Phelps. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Hermon  Chapin,  Luther  Higley. 

No.  30,  Dayspring,  Hamden — Leverett  Hitchcock. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Henry  Douglass. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Isaac  Shepard. 

No.  35,  Aurora,  Harwinton — Joel  G.  Candee. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Simsbury — Joshua  R.  Jewett. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Reuben  Booth. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — John  Baldwin. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford,  Thomas 
Hubbard. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Nathaniel  P.  Perry. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — David  Keeler. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Chauncey  Burgess. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Ephraim  Williams. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Jabin  Ford,  Sanford  Al- 
len, George  Merrill. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — William  C.  Gay,  Luther  Loomis. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Benning  Mann. 

No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Henry  Peck,  Justin  Redfield, 
Avery  C.  Babcock. 

No.  66,  Widow'  Son,  Branford — Samuel  P.  Russell. 

No.  67,  Harmony,  New  Canaan — Samuel  Raymond. 

No.  68,  Charity,  Groton— Guy  C.  Stoddard. 

No.  69,  Fayette,  Ellington — Jabez  Collins. 


440  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  71,  Salem,  Salem — Pomeroy  Hall,  John  S.  Kansom. 
No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield— Jolm  Gr.  Allen. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Jabez  L.  White. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

After  very  solemn  and  impressive  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chap- 
lain, the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  Amherst  D.  Scovill,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"        William  C.  Gay,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"         Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"        Laban  Smith,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"        William  H.  Jones,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

W.  Bro.  Asa  Child,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Samuel  Simons,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"  Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Kev.   Bro.  Charles  A.  Boardman,  Grand  Chaplain. 
"    Alfred  Copeland,  Grand  Steward. 
"     David  Humphrey,  do, 

"     John  Corse,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
letters,  communications,  and  printed  documents,  which  he  had 
received,  during  the  past  year,  from  various  Grand  Lodges  and 
other  sources,  relating  to  the  interests  of  Masonry. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to 
examine  the  foreign  correspondence  received  by  the  Grand  Sec- 
rectary,  and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  what  action,  if  any, 


1830.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  441 

may  be  proper  thereon.  The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed 
Brs.  Asa  Child  and  Wm.  H.  Ellis  on  said  committee. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  a  report  on  the  delinquent 
Lodges,  giving  a  list  of  such  subordinate  Lodges  as  had  in- 
curred the  penalties  prescribed  by  the  by-laws,  by  not  being 
represented  at  the  last  Grand  Communication,  and  also  of  those 
which  made  no  returns  at  the  same  time. 

Most  of  said  delinquent  Lodges  being  also  unrepresented  at 
the  present  Grand  Communication,  and  of  course  no  reasons  of- 
fered for  their  delinquency,  it  was  ordered,  by  vote  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  that  the  subject  of  inflicting  penalties  upon  delinquent 
Lodges,  be  postponed  to  the  next  Grand  Communication,  and 
that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  instructed  to  correspond  with  the 
subordinate  Lodges,  and  urge  upon  them  the  duty  of  comply- 
ing with  the  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  notwithstanding 
the  adverse  circumstances  in  which  many  of  them  may  in  the 
present  emergency  be  placed. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 

Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 

and  Grand  Secretarj^,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 

Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 

him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 

Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  four  hundred 

and  seventy- four  dollars  and  eighty-seven  cents,  in  cash,  and  eight  shares  in  the 

Hartford  Bank ;  making  the  total  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  $2274.87. 

CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,  )  „ 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,  \  (^o^^^ti^e- 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  em- 
powered and  directed  to  sell  and  transfer  eight  shares  of  stock 
in  the  Hartford  Bank,  and  to  invest  the  avails  thereof  in  loans 
secured  by  mortgage  of  real  estate. 

W.  Br.  Child,  from  the  committee  appointed  to  examine  the 
communications  and  documents  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge 
by  the  Grand  Secretaiy,  presented  the  following  report,  which 
was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the  resolutions  appended  unani- 
mously adopted  : 

56 


442  GRAND   LODGE    OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  tlie  correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
which  has  come  into  the  hands  of  tlie  Grand  Secretary  for  the  past  year,  would 
most  respectfully  beg  leave  to  report,  that  we  have  attended  to  the  duty  which 
was  assigned  to  us,  and  have  found  the  documents  submitted  to  our  examination 
to  consist  of  the  proceedings  of  several  of  our  sister  Grand  Lodges,  at  their  regu- 
lar annual  communications,  and  communications  from  others  relating  to  the  un- 
holy and  intolerant  warfare  now  raging  against  our  peaceful  and  harmless  insti- 
tion  in  some  parts  of  our  country.  Many  of  these  documents  contain  matters  of 
deep  interest  to  every  true  mason,  and  your  committee  would  particularly  advert 
to  the  "  Appeal  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  State  of  Vermont,  on  the  subject  of  the 
Anti-Masonic  Excitement."  This  "  appeal"  was  presented  at  a  public  convention 
held  in  Middlebury,  in  April  of  last  year,  and  was  prepared  by  a  committee  ap- 
pointed previously  for  that  purpose,  consisting  of  some  of  the  purest  patriots, 
some  of  the  most  enlightened  statesmen,  and  some  of  the  most  exemplary  Chris- 
tians, of  which  New  England  can  boast.  It  is  written  with  a  beauty  of  style  and 
a  strength  of  argument  which  must  commend  it  to  the  candid  consideration  of 
every  mind  not  warped  or  blinded  by  bigotry  and  superstition.  Your  committee 
would  respectfully  recommend  to  this  Grand  Lodge  the  adoption  of  the  following 
resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  cordially  tenders  to  their  be- 
loved brethren  in  the  State  of  Vermont  their  fellowship  and  sympathy  in  the  af- 
flictions they  are  destined  to  endure  while  passing  through  the  fiery  furnace  of 
persecution ;  and  while  we  are  conscious  that  "  we  contend  only  for  the  princi- 
ples which  Franklin  approved,  which  Warren  taught,  and  which  Washington 
loved,"  we  are  determined  to  remain  firm,  confiding  in  God  and  the  rectitude  of 
our  intentions,  for  consolation  under  the  trials  to  which  we  may  be  exposed. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  requested  to  make  such  returns  to  the 
several  Grand  Lodges  who  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  as  the  na- 
ture of  their  communications  and  the  courtesy  of  this  Grand  Lodge  may  require. 

ASA  CHILD,       )  „         .„ 
WM.  H.  ELLIS,  \  Committee. 

Brs.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  and  William  H.  Ellis,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary  for  the  current  year,  and  report  at  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Kev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary, 


1831.]  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  443 


MAY  SESSION,  1831. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moil  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  1  ith  day  of  May,  A.  D.  i83i,  A.  L.  5831  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  JAMES  M.  GOODWIN,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  AMHERST  D.  SCOVILL,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

WILLIAM  C.  GAY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

CHARLES  A.  INGERSOLL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LAB  AN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JUSTIN  REDFIELD,  Grand  Secretary. 

ASA  CHILD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

ELISHA  HARRINGTON,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

JOHN  CORSE,  Grand  Tyler. 

There  being  a  quorum  of  subordinate  Lodges  represented,* 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  third  degree  of  Masonry,  in 
due  form,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  when  the  brethren  pro- 
ceeded to  the  election  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  following  Grand  Officers  declined  being  candidates  for  re- 
election, or  for  any  office  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  present 
session,  viz  : — M.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  G.  M. ;  R.  W.  Am- 
herst D.  Scovill,  D.  G.  M.  ;  R.  W.  William  C.  Gay,  S.  G.  W. ; 
R.  W.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  J.  G.  W. ;  R.  W.  Wm.  H.  Jones, 
G.  S. ;  W.  Asa  Child,  S.  G.  D. 

*  In  consequence  of  the  "  Anti-Masonic  excitement,"  which  had  been  raised  in 
a  neighboring  State,  the  influence  of  which  was  felt,  in  a  greater  or  less  degree, 
in  many  parts  of  this  jurisdiction  at  the  time  of  the  present  communication,  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  so  thinly  attended  that  no  roll  of  representatives  was  recorded. 
The  same  cause  probably  induced  most  of  the  Grand  Officers  to  dcxjline  further 
appointment. 


444  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  ballots  were  then  received  and  counted,  and  the  follow- 
brethren  declared  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to 
their  respective  names,  and  were  subsequently  installed  in  due 
form,  viz: 

M.  W.  THOMAS  HUBBARD,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  CODDINGTON  BILLINGS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

RUSSEL  C.  ABERNETHY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

LEONARD  HENDEE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

JUSTIN  REDFIELD,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  elect  then  made  the  following  ap- 
pointments, viz : 

W.  Bro.  Samuel  Simons,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Joel  G.  Candee,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"  Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Rev.    Bro.  William  A.  Curtis,  Grand  Chaplain. 
Philip  Saunders, 


J 

WiLLARD  Lyon,  Grand  Tyler. 


T  t:t  r  Grand  Stewards. 

Joseph  Fairchilld, 


On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
be  tendered  to  M.  W.  James  M.  Goodwin,  and  the  other  retiring 
Grand  officers,  for  the  dignity,  ability  and  impartiality  with 
which  they  have  uniformly  discharged  their  various  duties. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  reported  a  balance  of  $1519.10  in  the  Treasurer's  hands, 
and  $700  loaned  on  mortgage.    Report  accepted. 

Bros.  Wm.  H.  Ellis  and  Charles  A.  Ingersoll  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

JUSTIN  REDFIELD,  Grand  Secretary. 


1832.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  445 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1832. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  9th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5832  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  THOMAS  HUBBARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  JOHN  MIX,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 

HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

JUSTIN  REDFIELD,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary,  p.  t. 

ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

ALEXANDER  HALL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

PHILIP  SAUNDERS,  Grand  Steward. 

JOSEPH  FAIRCHILD,  do. 

WILLARD  LYON,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Wm.  H.  Ellis,  E.  G.  Storer,  Joel 

Potter. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — James  S.  Davenport. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — James  Stevens. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,   Woodbury — Nathan  Preston,    N.    C. 

Sanford. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,   Derby — Josiah  Nettleton,  James  Green, 

John  L.  Daniels. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Rufus  Adams. 
No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Charles  Shelton. 


446 


GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 


17 

18 
19 
20 
22 
23 
24 
25 
28 
30 
31 
33 
35 
40 
41 
42 
44 
47 

48 
49 
50 
53 
55 
56 
58 

60 
63 

66 
68 
71 
72 

73 
74 
75 


Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley,  Isaac  B.  Castle. 

Hiram,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall,  David  H.  Belden. 

Washington,  Monroe — Cyrus  H.  Beardsley. 

Harmony,  Berlin — Ira  E.  Smith. 

Hart's,  Woodbridge — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 

St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

Uriel,  Mansfield — Orrin  Holt. 

Colmnbia,  Glastenbnry — Chs.  Eemington,  Ezra  Dayton. 

Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Loren  P.  Waldo. 

Daysjjring,  Hamden — Leverett  Hitchcock. 

Union,  New  London — Thomas  S.  Perkins,  Lyman  Law. 

Friendship,  Southington — Wm.  Barnes,  C.  B.  Andrews. 

Aurora,  Harwinton — Joel  G.  Candee. 

Union,  Danbury — Sturges  Selleck. 

Federal,  Brookfield — Ira  Keeler. 

Harmony,  Waterbury — Harvey  Judd. 

Eastern  Star,  Windham — Luther  Kipley. 

Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire,  Henry  C.  At- 
wood,  Garry  Riggs. 

St,  Luke's,  Kent — Garrett  Winegar. 

Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — Walter  Dauchy. 

Warren,  Andover — Jabez  L.  White. 

Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Thomas  P.  Wattles. 

Seneca,  Torrington — James  Green. 

Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Jabin  Ford,  Merlin  Mer- 
rils,  Orville  Howd. 

Wolcott,  Stalford — Rufus  G.  Pinney. 

Adelphi,  New  Haven — Henry  Peck,  Justin  Redfield, 
Avery  C.  Babcock. 

Widow'  Son,  Branford — Merrit  Foot,  Calvin  Frisbie. 

Charity,  Groton — Mason  Manning. 

Salem,  Salem — Amherst  D.  Scovill. 

LaFayette,  Fairfield — John  G.  Allen. 

Manchester,  Manchester — John  Mather. 

Blazing  Star,  Cornwall — Benjamin  Catlin. 

Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 


1832.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  447 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry by  the  M,  W.  Grand  Master. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  election  of  Grand  Officers 
shall  be  held  at  7  o'clock  this  evening. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  addressed  the  Grand  Lodge  at 
considerable  length,  on  the  present  state  of  the  Masonic  Insti- 
tution, and  on  the  duty  of  Lodges  and  of  individual  Masons, 
under  the  unreasonable  and  fanatical  excitement  which  now  ex- 
ists in  relation  to  the  Order. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  subject  matter  of  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master's  address  be  referred  to  a  select  committee,  to  be 
chosen  by  nomination,  to  take  into  consideration  the  expediency 
of  a  public  declaration  of  the  principles  of  Masonry,  and  make 
a  report  at  the  present  communication. 

The  following  brethren  were  then  nominated  and  appointed 
to  compose  the  aforesaid  committee,  viz  : — M.  W.  Thos.  Hub- 
bard, G.  M.,  Lyman  Law,  P.  G.  M.,  Asa  Child,  Rufus  Adams, 
and  Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
communications  and  pamphlets,  which  he  had  received  from 
other  Grand  Lodges  during  the  past  year ;  which  were  refeiTed 
to  the  last  named  committee. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust  tlie  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for  the  past  year,  having  attended  to  that 
duty,  do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  they  also  find  in  the 
hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  a  cash  balance  of  fourteen  hundred  and  sixty-eight 
dollars  and  twenty-one  cents,  and  seven  hundred  dollars  loaned  on  mortgage ; 
making  the  total  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  dollars  and  twenty-one  cents.     Which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,      )  ^         .^ 
CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,  ]  ^omminee. 
New  Haven,  May  9,  1832. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  ad- 
journ to  7  o'clock  this  evening. 


448  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         U^'^J, 

Maij  9,  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Grand  Lodge  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  proceeded  to 
the  dispatch  of  business, — the  first  in  order  being  the  choice  of 
Grand  Officers. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  THOMAS  HUBBARD,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  CODDINGTON  BILLINGS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"        RUSSEL  C.  ABERNETHY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
LEONARD  HENDEE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"        LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"        WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  made  by  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  viz  : 

W.  Br.  Samuel  Simons,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Joel  G.  Candee,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Rev.  Br.  Benjamin  M.  Hill,  Grand  Chaplain. 

"  Alfred  Copeland,  Grand  Steward. 

"  David  Humphrey,  do. 

"  John  Corse,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  communications 
and  documents  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past 
year,  from  other  Grand  Lodges,  reported  that  they  had  exam- 
ined the  same,  with  as  much  care  as  the  time  allowed  them 
would  permit,  and  although  said  papers  were  full  of  Masonic 
interest,  they  found  nothing  which  required  the  special  action  of 
this  Grand  Lodge,  except  the  communications  from  Massachu- 
setts and  Rhode  Island,  on  the  subject  of  the  present  "  anti- 
masonic  excitement,"  to  which  communications  the  committee 
recommended  the  attention  of  the  Grand  Lodge.     The  commu- 


1832.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  449 

nications  having  been  read  and  considered,  they  were  approved 
by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  same  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  a 
public  declaration  of  the  principles  of  Masonry,  made  a  report, 
recommending  to  the  Grrand  Lodge  to  adopt  the  substance  of  a 
declaration  recently  published  by  our  brethren  in  the  State  of 
Massachusetts  ;  which  report  was  accepted,  and  the  aforesaid 
declaration,  together  with  a  preamble  reported  by  the  commit- 
tee, was  read  and  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Eufus  Adams,  seconded  by  Bro.  Lyman 
Law,  the  following  resolution  was  passed  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  procure  the  printing  of  a 
suitable  number  of  copies  of  the  preamble  and  declaration  just  adopted  by  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  that  he  send  a  copy  thereof  to  the  Master  of  each  Lodge  in 
this  State,  with  a  request  that  the  same  may  be  presented  to  every  Mason  within 
their  respective  limits  for  signature,  and  returned  to  the  Grand  Secretary  as  soon 
as  may  be ;  and  the  Grand  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  to  embody  the  same,  with 
the  signatures  attached,  and  cause  the  whole  to  be  annexed  to  and  printed  with 
the  proceedings  of  the  present  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  distrib- 
uted to  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State,  to  the  members  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
and  to  the  several  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  a  long  list  of  delinquent  Lodges, 
whereupon  it  was  voted,  that  the  consideration  of  the  report  on 
delinquencies  be  postponed  till  the  next  annual  communication, 
and  that  it  be  recommended  to  the  several  Lodges  to  be  punc- 
tual in  making  returns  and  sending  representatives  at  that  com- 
munication. 

Brs.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll  and  Wm.  H.  Ellis  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 
57 


450  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

DECLARATION  OF  FREEMASONS 

OF 

THE    STATE    OF    COlSriSrECTIOUT. 

Adopted  May  9,  A.  L.  5832. 


Whereas,  cliarges  have  been  made  against  the  Institution 
of  Freemasonry,  accusing  the  whole  Fraternity  with  having 
adopted  and  cherished  principles  dangerous  to  the  community 
and  repugnant  to  morality  and  religion  ;  and  from  the  silence 
of  the  members  of  our  Institution  concerning  these  accusations, 
many  persons  have  supposed  or  may  suppose  that  we  admit  the 
truth  of  these  charges,  or  that  we  cannot  conscientiously  deny 
them : 

We,  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  and  of  the  subordinate  Lodges  under  its 
jurisdiction,  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  justice  to  our- 
selves and  a  decent  regard  for  the  opinions  of  our  fellow-citi- 
zens, demand  from  us  a  public  avowal  of  the  principles  of  the 
Order,  and  of  the  nature  and  tendency  of  the  Institution.  A 
declaration  on  this  subject,  dated  December  31st,  1831,  having 
been  made  and  published  by  our  brethren  of  the  Masonic  Fra- 
ternity in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  to  which  we  fully  assent, 
as  it  is  strictly  true  in  all  respects,  we  have  adopted  the  same, 
and  now  beg  leave  to  present  it  to  the  public* 

*This  "  Declaration"  was  published,  not  only  in  the  Masonic  proceedings,  but 
also  in  the  public  newspapers  of  the  day,  and  was  thus  spread  broad-cast  over 
the  State ;  and  it  evidently  had  a  tendency  to  allay  in  a  great  measure  the  anti- 
masonic  feeling  which  existed  in  this  jurisdiction,  and  which  was  beginning  to 
produce  the  unprofitable  fruit  of  discord. 


1832.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  451 

Whereas,  it  has  been  frequently  asserted  and  published  to 
the  world,  that  in  the  several  degrees  of  FREEMASONRY,  as 
they  are  conferred  in  the  United  States,  the  candidate,  on  his 
initiation  and  subsequent  advancement,  binds  himself  by  oath, 
to  sustain  his  Masonic  brethren  in  acts  which  are  at  variance 
with  the  fundamental  principles  of  morality,  and  incompatible 
with  his  duty  as  a  good  and  faithful  citizen.  In  justice,  there- 
fore, to  themselves,  and  with  a  view  to  establish  truth  and  ex- 
pose IMPOSITION,  the  undersigned,  members  of  the  Masonic 
Fraternity,  and  many  of  us  the  recipients  of  every  degree  of 
Freemasonry  known  and  acknowledged  in  this  country,  do  most 
SOLEMNLY  DENY  the  cxisteuce  of  any  such  obligation  in  the  MA- 
SONIC INSTITUTION,  as  far  as  our  knowledge  respectfuUy 
extends.  And  we  do  also  solemnly  aver,  that  no  person  is  ad- 
mitted to  the  Institution,  without  first  being  made  acquainted 
with  the  nature  of  the  obligations  which  he  will  be  required  to 
incur  and  assume. 

Freemasonry  secures  its  members  in  the  freedom  of  thought 
and  of  speech,  and  permits  each  and  every  one  to  act  according 
to  the  dictates  of  his  own  conscience  in  matters  of  religion,  and 
of  his  personal  preferences  in  matters  of  politics.  It  neither 
knows,  nor  does  it  assume  to  inflict  upon  its  erring  members, 
however  wide  may  be  their  aberations  from  duty,  any  penalties 
or  punishments  other  than  Admonition,  Suspension,  and  Ux- 
pulsion. 

The  obligations  of  the  Institution  require  of  its  members  a 
strict  obedience  to  the  laws  of  God  and  man.  So  far  from  be- 
ing bound  by  any  engagements  inconsistent  with  the  happiness 
and  prosperity  of  the  nation,  every  citizen,  who  becomes  a  Ma- 
son, is  doubly  bound  to  be  true  to  his  Grod,  his  country,  and  his 
fellow-men.  In  the  language  of  the  "  Ancient  Constitutions" 
of  the  Order,  which  are  printed  and  open  for  public  inspection, 
and  which  are  used  as  text-books  in  all  our  Lodges,  he  is  "  re- 
quired to  keep  and  obey  the  moral  law,  to  be  a  quiet  and  peace- 
able citizen,  true  to  his  government  and  just  to  his  country." 


452 


GKAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Masonry  disdains  the  making  of  proselytes.  Slie  opens  the 
portals  of  her  asylum  to  those  only  who  seek  admission,  with 
the  recommendation  of  a  character  unspotted  by  immorality 
and  vice.  She  simply  requires  of  the  candidate  his  assent  to 
one  great  fundamental  rehgious  truth, — the  existence  and 
Pkovidence  of  god,  and  a  practical  acknowledgment  of  those 
infallible  doctrines  for  the  government  of  life,  which  are  written 
by  the  finger  of  God  on  the  heart  of  man. 

Entertaining  such  sentiments,  as  Masons,  as  Citizens,  as 
Christians,  and  as  moral  men,  and  deeply  impressed  with  the 
conviction  that  the  Masonic  Institution  has  been,  and  may  con- 
tinue to  be,  productive  of  great  good  to  their  fellow-men  ;  and 
having  "  received  the  laws  of  the  Society,  and  its  accumulated 
funds,  in  sacred  trust  for  charitable  purposes,"  the  undersigned 
can  neither  renounce  nor  abandon  it. 

We  most  cordially  unite  with  our  brethren  of  Massachusetts, 
in  the  declaration  and  hope,  that,  "  should  the  people  of  this 
country  become  so  infatuated  as  to  deprive  Masons  of  their  civil 
rio-hts.  in  violation  of  the  written  constitutions  and  the  whole- 
some  spirit  of  just  laws  and  free  government,  a  vast  majority  of 
the  Fraternity  will  still  remain  firm,  confiding  in  God  and  the 
rectitude  of  their  intentions  for  consolation  under  the  trials  to 
which  they  may  be  exposed." 

NEW  HAVEN". 


Thomas  Hubbard, 
R.  I.  Ingersoll, 
Laban  Smith, 
William  H.  Ellis, 
Henry  Peck,, 
E.  G.  Storer, 
Justin  Redfield, 
Joel  Potter, 
A.  C.  Babcock, 
Richard  Dodd, 
Joseph  Barber, 
AVilliam  Storer,  Jr., 
James  F.  Babcock, 
Marcus  Bassett, 
Cyprain  Wilcox, 
Josiah  Brinsmade, 
Joel  Ives, 


Ambrose  Ward, 
David  H.  Carr, 
Hanover  Barney, 
William  Leffingvvell, 
Elnathan  Atwater, 
John  S.  Mitchell, 
Timothy  P.  Beers, 
Anthony  P.  Sanford, 
James  Hunt, 
Isaac  Mix, 
G.  Harrison. 
Uri  Ames, 
Alexander  Coburn, 
Alvan  Wilcox, 
Daniel  Collins, 
Thomas  Hunt, 
Roswell  Trowbridge, 


Eli  Beecher, 
Charles  J.  Allen, 
Willis  F.  Colt, 
Samuel  Rowland,  Jr., 
Uriah  C.  Foot, 
Joseph  Sanger, 
William  Love,  Jr., 
Marshall  Flagg, 
Ailing  Brown, 
Ezekiel  Hotchkiss, 
James  Wildes, 
Isaac  Trowbridge, 
Asa  Budington, 
Joseph  N.  Clark, 
Richard  Atwater, 
James  C.  Parker, 
Joseph  Fairchild, 


1832.] 


GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


453 


David  Daggett, 
William  H.  Jones, 
Charles  A.  Ingersoll, 
Augustus  R.  Street, 
T.  G.  Woodward, 
William  W.  Boardman, 
Dennis  Kimberly, 
Nahum  Flagg, 
Auson  T.  Colt, 
Nahum  Hayward, 
Henry  Lines, 
John  Durrie, 
J.  L.  Cross, 
E.  Seeley, 
Samuel  Chatterton, 
Constantine  McMahon, 
Philip  Saunders, 
Samuel  W.  Chilson, 
Nathan  Thomas, 
William  Mansfield, 
Henry  Ward, 
George  Bradley, 
Charles  Nichols, 
L.  G.  Cannon, 
B.  H.  Thompson, 
John  Hunt, 
Benjamin  Beecher, 


Newel  Johnson, 
J.  C.  Humphreys, 
John  L.  Daniels, 
James  S.  Green, 
William  Lewis, 
J.  M.  G.  Carey, 
Ebenezer  Fisher, 
John  S.  Moshier, 
Josiah  .Myrick, 
Josiah  Nettleton, 
Henry  Leforge, 
David  Sanford, 
Hiram  Upson, 
Jason  Bassett, 
Daniel  Hitchcock, 
Ephraim  Peck, 
Anthony  H.  Stoddard, 
Frederick  Bradley, 
Samuel  B.  Hine, 


Lewis  Fitch, 
Henry  Beecher, 
William  H.  Chidsey, 
William  Myers, 
John  E.  Beecher, 
Daniel  P.  Clark, 
E.  P.  Ward, 
Theophilus  Fisk, 
James  Eaton, 
Ambrose  Stevens, 
Robert  Brown, 
Richard  M.  Clark, 
Erastus  Osborn, 
William  Moseley, 
Eli  Mix, 

Daniel  P.  Augur, 
Thomas  P.  Stoughton, 
E.  B.  Bishop, 
E.  Day, 

R.  M.  Treadway, 
Henry  Eld, 
Sherman  W.  Knevals, 
Henry  Gruenert, 
Obadiah  Pease, 
Joseph  Yemmans, 
Julius  Smith, 
Johnson  Ford, 

DERBY. 

Samuel  French, 
Elias  Tibbals, 
William  Glenney, 
Noah  Kelsey, 
Samuel  Daniels, ' 
Samuel  W.  Dickinson, 
William  H.  Fowler, 
■  Andrew  French, 
Jeremiah  French, 
Nehemiah  Bristol, 
Isaac  Dickinson, 
Leman  Chatfield, 
Bennet  Lum, 
Nathan  B.  Church, 
Levi  Hull, 
James  Smith, 
Russel  Hitchcock, 
Robert  Gates, 
Sheldon  Canfield, 


John  P.  Carrington, 
James  H.  Hickox, 
Chancellor  Kingsbury, 
Henry  K.  Holland, 
Ralph  Warren, 
John  G.  Munn, 
John  Heminway, 
Samuel  Bradley, 
Alva  Granniss, 
John  W.  Downs, 
Eli  Farren, 
Isaac  Tuttle, 
Stiles  Stevens, 
J.  M.  Warland, 
Riley  Nott, 
Abijah  H.  Woodruff, 
Willard  Lyon, 
John  Beach, 
E.  E.  Lewis, 
Judah  Frisbie, 
Tyler  Heminway, 
Harvey  Heminway, 
Horace  A.  Augur, 
N.  E.  Candee, 
James  W.  Goodrich, 
J.  H.  Phoebus, 
Charles  E.  Candee. 


Abijah  Wilcoxen, 
Abram  Smith, 
Edmund  Leavenworth, 
George  Blakeman, 
Stephen  Jewett, 
Orville  C.  Morse, 
Henry  Wooster, 
Gipson  Lum, 
C.  D.  Frisbie, 
John  Martin, 
Rivinton  Martin, 
David  M.  Nettleton, 
Oliver  H.  Stoddard, 
Joseph  Conner, 
Moody  M.  Brown, 
J.  H.  Deforest, 
Chester  Jones, 
Isaac  White. 


454 


GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Henry  C.  Atwood, 
Seth  Crosby, 
Thomas  Buxton, 
Henry  Buxton, 
Garry  Riggs, 
Henry  A.  McGary, 
Lyman  Riggs, 
Gad  Hitchcock, 
Smith  Clark, 
John  Smith, 
Sidney  R.  Wildman, 
Charles  Ransom, 
Chauncey  Haines, 
Daniel  Hyatt, 
Samuel  Riggs, 
Chauncey  M.  Hatch, 
John  M.  Hart, 


OXFORD. 

David  M.  Clark, 
Samuel  Wire, 
Minot  Barnes, 
Edward  Booty, 
Levi  Candee, 
Thomas  A.  Dutton, 
Samuel  Meigs, 
James  W.  Hurd, 
Daniel  Smith, 
Joseph  Clark, 
Charles  Morgan, 
Smith  Green, 
Sheldon  Beebe, 
George  Gunn, 
Jacob  Rockwell, 
Thomas  M.  Hedden, 
David  Candee, 


David  McEwen, 
Noah  Stone, 
Nathan  B.  Fairchild, 
Isaiah  Candee, 
Willis  Smith, 
Harry  Osborn, 
Ethel  Blackman, 
John  Storrs, 
Roswell  Cable, 
Nathan  J.  Wilcoxon, 
William  Morris, 
Jesse  Joy, 
Alfred  Harger, 
Philo  Wooster, 
Ashbel  Baldwin, 
George  B.  Piatt. 


Leverett  Hitchcock, 
Jared  Bassett, 
Leverett  Hotchkiss, 
Joel  Munson, 
Jesse  Tuttle, 
Hezekiah  Brockett, 


HAMDEN. 

Elam  Warner, 
Lewis  Goodyear, 
James  Wiles, 
Eli  Hull, 
p.  B.  Foote, 
Jacob  Whiting, 


Elisha  Lester, 
Hiram  Sanderson, 
Edward  Nichols, 
Joseph  Smith, 
Samuel  Ailing. 


Harvey  Judd, 
Jacob  Talmage, 
Samuel  Forest, 
Daniel  Forbes, 
George  Warner, 
Lemuel  0.  Smith, 
Keeler  L.  Judd, 
Lemuel  Harrison, 
Daniel  Hayden, 
Ehas  Clarke, 
Anson  Sperry, 
Selden  Lewis, 
Horace  Porter, 
Meritt  Wilson, 
J.  Burton, 
J.  Hinman, 
Moses  Hall, 


WATERBURY. 

J.  M.  L.  Scovill, 
Elias  Brown, 
Ashley  Scott, 
Isaac  Brown, 
Giles  Brocket, 
James  Brown, 
William  H.  Hine, 
Merit  Gilbert, 
William  Bunnell, 
Baldwin  Beecher, 
Austin  A.  Knox, 
Ansel  Spencer, 
Shandy  Spencer, 
Elihu  Spencer, 
William  P.  Beardsley, 
Daniel  Beecher, 
Joel  Smith, 


Eliel  Mann, 
Elias  Ford, 
Truman  Adams, 
Elihu  Hitchcock, 
John  D.  Meers, 
Marshall  Hoadley, 
Gideon  M.  Hotchkiss, 
Amasa  Goodyear, 
Lyman  Gilbert, 
Augustus  Beebe, 
John  Noble, 
John  Cook, 
John  Bouton, 
Samuel  Hill, 
Thomas  Riges, 
Barzillai  Scovel. 


1832.] 


GRAND   LODGE    OF   CONNECTICUT, 


455 


Merils  Ward, 
Alanson  Work, 
Joseph  C.  Burke, 
William  Corey, 
Selah  Ray, 
L.  C.  Bradley, 
Joseph  Lewis, 
Charles  B.  Darrow, 
Charles  Tucker, 
Thaddeus  Nichols, 
Augustus  Cook, 
Eli  Wilcox, 
Jepthah  Lewis, 
Ozem  Johnson, 
Seelif  Ray, 
Dennis  Try  on, 
Stephen  Rainey, 


Ira  Lee, 

Stephen  Griffith, 
Joseph  Dart, 
Titus  Whitmore, 
Randall  Hurd, 
Oliver  Brainard, 
Levi  Bunce, 
Ralph  Smith, 
Thomas  Fessenden, 
Benjamin  Sherman, 
Edmund  Bolles, 
Jesse  Hurd, 
Eben  Smith, 
Guy  Cooper, 
Nathaniel  Doane, 


William  Cook, 
Eben  Cook, 
Asahel  Bonfoey, 
Willard  Gladding, 
Moses  B.  Wright 
Truman  Collins, 
Ethan  A.  Willey, 
Jeremiah  Smith,  Jr., 
Philo  Fuller, 
D.  D.  Whitmore, 


MIDDLETOWN. 

Joshua  Stow, 
Horace  Clarke, 
Dana  Read, 
Epaphras  Clark, 
Rufus  Bailey, 
Wm.  Dunham,  Jr., 
Wm.  Woodward, 
David  F.  Johnson, 
Wm.  F.  Gilbert, 
Oreb  Turner, 
David  Sanderson, 
Lot  D.  Vansands, 
Abiel  A.  Loomis, 
Charles  Dyer, 
N.  A.  Phelps, 
P.  E.  Hubbard, 

CHATHAM. 

Samuel  Brown, 
David  Clark, 
Nathaniel  C.  Smith, 
Nelson  C.  Daniels, 
Amasa  Daniels,  Jr., 
Asahel  Pelton, 
Anson  Strong, 
Abel  Lewis, 
Jonathan  Bowers, 
Elisha  Brown, 
Benjamin  Hurd,  Jr., 
Sparrow  Smith, 
Nathaniel  G.  Cone, 
Newburg  Darling, 

EAST  HADDAM. 

Giles  Brainard, 
Braddock  Strong, 
Simeon  Hubbard, 
Simeon  Scranton, 
Joseph  Brainard, 
Russel  Shaler, 
Roswell  Davison, 
Charles  D.  Wright, 
James  C.  Hyde, 
Lester  Pasco, 


Thomas  Greenfield.  Jr., 
Elias  W.  Newton, 
Asa  Richardson, 
Caleb  Miller,  Jr., 
Isaac  Newell, 
Joseph  Beaumont, 
Reuben  Chaffee, 
Thomas  Brown, 
Samuel  D.  Sizer, 
Elisha  Reese, 
Elijah  Ackley, 
Augustus  P.  Jones, 
Fairchild  Camp, 
John  C.  Palmer, 
James  H.  Williams, 
Benjamin  Savage. 


Alexander  Arthur, 
David  Stocking, 
Sylvester  Stocking, 
Zebulon  Penfield, 
Marshal  Pelton, 
Luther  Wilcox, 
Hiram  Markham, 
Elizur  Goodrich, 
Wm.  A.  Brown, 
Joel  Bradford, 
Edward  Lewis, 
Daniel  Russel, 
Nathaniel  Markham, 
David  Bosworth. 


Josiah  A.  Flagg, 
Jona.  Usher, 
David  Bonfoey, 
Joseph  Goodspeed, 
Samuel  Barry, 
Nathan  Ackley, 
Wm.  B.  Boyd, 
John  Beckwith, 
Phineas  Gates, 
Roswell  Brainard, 


456 


GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Oliver  Green, 
Timothy  Green, 
Richard  Green, 
Wm.  Palmer, 
Jeremiah  Hutchins, 
Darius  Gates, 
Jeremiah  Shaler, 
Noah  Bucklej', 
Ezekiel  S.  Clark, 
Darius  Dickinson, 
Noah  Clark, 


George  Mitchell, 
Luman  Preston, 
Asa  Bartholomew, 
Constant  L.  Tuttle, 
Renselaer  Upson, 
Gordon  Clark, 
Harvey  AVright, 
Ezekiel  Carrington, 
R.  0.  Plumb, 
Thomas  Mitchell, 


Jabin  Ford, 
Merlin  Merril, 
Orvill  Howd, 
Lester  Loomis, 
Edwin  Sturges, 
Hira  Case, 
Chauncey  Munson, 
Joel  Allen, 
Amos  Beecher, 
Amos  Beecher,  Jr., 
Arunah  Case, 
George  Merrill, 
Henry  Allen, 
Rollin  L.  Beecher, 
Daniel  Richardson, 
Jesse  Ives, 
Watrous  F.  Menter, 
Lora  Alford, 
Freeman  Graham, 
Wilson  B.  Spring, 
Samuel  Hotchkiss, 
Sylvanus  Moore, 


Oliver  Atwood, 
Bartlet  Shepard, 
Chevous  Brainard, 
Aaron  C.  Palmer, 
Jonah  Gates, 
Peter  G.  Clark, 
Bazaliel  Shayler; 
Erastus  Downing, 
Ansel  Warner, 
Jonathan  Arnold, 
Stephen  Dickinson, 

BRISTOL. 

George  Welch, 
Alonzo  Thompson, 
Philip  Gayton, 
Evits  Hungerford, 
Daniel  Hill, 
Henry  A.  Mitchell, 
Ephraim  Downs, 
John  Smith, 
Solomon  Griggs, 
Seth  Horton, 

BARKHAMSTED. 

Wm.  Loomis, 
Sanford  Allen, 
Elavil  B.  Graham, 
Judah  Roberts, 
Bela  Squire, 
Luke  Hayden, 
Orvill  Jones, 
John  Merrill, 
John  Merrill,  Jr., 
Samuel  Merrill, 
Anson  Case, 
Jehiel  Case, 
Daniel  Bliss, 
Lewis  Bliss, 
Loring  Loomis, 
Ezekiel  W.  Wright, 
Wyllys  Wright, 
Chauncey  Griswold, 
Henry  Bolles, 
Hermon  Chapin, 
Joseph  E.  Buel, 
Henry  Seymour, 


Epaphroditus  Champion, 
Erastus  Scovill, 
Reuben  Chapman, 
Orrin  Chapman, 
Isaac  Ackley, 
James  Gladwin,  Jr., 
Gideon  S.  Andrews, 
David  B.  Venters, 
David  Shailor, 
George  Kelsey, 
George  Burr, 


John  Peck, 
Isaac  Atwater, 
Elias  Perkins, 
Hermon  Warner, 
Benjamin  Terril, 
Linus  Preston, 
S.  C.  Hinman, 
Wyllys  Roberts, 
Lamarcus  A.  Cook, 
Phineas  Hitchcock. 


Samuel  Gates, 
Henry  Gates, 
Josiah  G.  Banning, 
Wm.  Selby,  Jr., 
Daniel  Sanford, 
Hiram  Sanford, 
Strong  Sanford, 
Almon  Case, 
Eli  Wilden, 
Calvin  Wilden, 
Nathaniel  Howarth, 
Cyrus  Miller, 
Lyman  Hart, 
Tertius  Wadsworth, 
Alanson  Spencer, 
Daniel  S.  Bird, 
Wm.  F.  Tudor, 
Thomas  Dyer, 
Duncan  Wilson, 
Willis  Case, 
Wm.  Deming, 
John  Woodruff. 


1832.] 


GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT. 


457 


Horatio  A.  Hamilton, 

Jabez  Collins, 
Wm.  Parsons, 
Joel  Booth, 
Gilbert  Allen, 
Harman  Terrj', 
Nathan  Pease, 
Henry  Kingsbury, 
Solomon  Terry,  Jr., 
Jeremiah  F.  Brids[es, 
Rowland  Laughlin, 
George  Randall, 
Barnabas  Peck, 


Samuel  Hitchcock, 
John  E.  Jones, 
Cornelius  B.  Andrews, 
Martin  Cook, 
Robert  Cook, 
William  Barnes, 
Moses  W.  Beckley, 

Henry  Dayton, 
Oliver  Brainard, 
Ezra  Dayton, 
Ashbel  Alger, 
Daniel  Andrews, 
Marvin  Dayton, 
Howel  W.  Brown, 
Marvin  Dayton,  Jr., 
Alonzo  Rockwell, 
David  Robinson, 


Diodate  Woodbridge, 
Jabez  L.  White, 
John  Mather, 

Hezekiah  Goddard, 
D.  S.  Brainard, 
Joshua  Hamilton, 
S.  K.  Smith, 
Robert  Holt, 
F,  Swift, 


EAST  WINDSOR. 

Harvey  Terry, 
Calvin  Chapman, 
Edward  Button, 
Hiram  S.  Belcher, 
Charles  Jenks, 
Moses  Allen, 
John  Watson, 
Levi  Lord, 
Phineas  Parsons, 
Horace  Holkins, 
Horace  Harvey, 
Adam  Miner,  Jr., 
Jabez  King,  Jr., 

SOUTHINGTON. 

Wm.  Wightman, 
Lauren  Sharp, 
Jonathan  F.  Norton, 
Asahel  Newell, 
Julius  Bristol, 
James  F.  G.  Andrews, 
Oliver  Andrews, 

GLASTENBURY. 

Stephen  Shipman, 
Chester  Ackley, 
John  Marsh, 
Charles  Remington, 
Dudley  Watrous, 
Wm.  H.  Turner, 
Solomon  Fox, 
John  Willie, 
Sylvester  Pubisher, 
George  Hunt, 

MANCHESTER. 

Dudley  Woodbridge, 
Jabez  L.  White,  Jr., 
Chester  Strickland, 

NEW  LONDON. 

Wm.  Brewer, 

Amos  Starks, 
Lewis  Allen, 
Isaac  Treby, 
Alpheus  S.  Cotton, 
Wm.  Gray, 

58 


Horace  Barber, 
Joseph  Olmsted, 
John  Abbee, 
James  Harpor, 
Levi  Palmer, 
Epaphras  L.  Phelps, 
Elisha  M.  Jencks, 
George  Allen,  Jr., 
Heber  Pease, 
Joseph  Davis, 
Sylvester  Glazier, 
Ashna  Pasco, 
Jonathan  Button,  Jr. 


Isaac  Shepard, 
Alvin  E.  Bevins, 
Roswell  Cooke, 
Joel  Judd, 

Hervey  Beckwith,  Jr., 
Moses  Pond. 


George  Merrick, 
Sampson  Horton, 
Israel  Hollister, 
Ebenezer  Goodale, 
Jason  Boardman, 
Wm.  Webb, 
W.  J.  Covell, 
James  McLean, 
Roger  Hall. 


Ralph  Cheeney, 
Henry  Marble, 
Wm.  Cooley. 

Robert  Comstock, 
Wm.  S.  Norton, 
Elisha  Douglas, 
Mark  Edgar, 
Daniel  B.  Hempstead, 
Euclid  Elliott, 


458 


GRAND  LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Samuel  Green, 
Lyman  Law, 
Coddington  Billings, 
John  French, 
Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford, 
Elijah  Ames, 

B.  C.  Baxter, 
Charles  Butler, 
J.  H.  Goddard, 

C.  M.  Grove, 


Erastns  Williams, 
Joseph  Tuttle, 
Avery  Bill, 
Christopher  Newton, 
Stephen  Billings, 
A.  Walker, 
Isaac  Spicer,  Jr., 
Wm.  M.  Williams, 
George  H.  Harkness, 
Erastus  O'Brien, 
Gurden  Bill, 
Elisha  Brewster, 
Jonathan  Stoddard, 
Roswell  Allen, 
James  Gere, 


William  Tew, 
Pomeroy  Hall, 
John  S.  Ransom, 
Elias  Harvey, 
Seth  E.  Lathrop, 
Eli  Gates, 
Timothy  Morgan, 
Levi  Harvey, 
David  Holmes, 
Marvin  Holmes, 
Daniel  Jones, 


Wm.  Culver, 
Ebenezer  H.  Watrous, 
Nathaniel  S.  Perkins, 
James  Rogers, 
Chester  Tilden, 
H.  Douglas, 
Ebenezer  Griffing, 
Wm.  H.  Clark, 
Eph.  Chesbrough, 
H.  Burbeck, 

GROTOW. 

David  B.  Beebe, 
Latliam  Gray, 
George  Giddings, 
Rufus  Chapman, 
Thomas  W.  Guy, 
Prentice  Williams, 
Daniel  Stoddard, 
Wm.  Williams, 
John  Lee, 
Cyrus  Newton, 
Stephen  Morgan, 
Ebenezer  P.  Miner, 
Sidney  Stoddard, 
Guy  C,  Stoddard, 

SALEM. 

Joseph  Hillard, 
Samuel  Holmes, 
James  McCrackan, 
Jonathan  Hillard, 
Matthias  W.  Baker, 
Joseph  C.  Beckwith, 
David  Patten, 
Japheth  Chapel, 
John  Way, 
Sidney  Morgan, 
John  L.  Latimer, 


E.  B.  Prince, 
Nathaniel  Richards, 
John  Cady. 
John  P.  Price, 
John  B.  Mayer, 
Alexander  Stewart, 
Horatio  N.  Fisk, 
Seth  Lathrop, 
Seth  E.  Lathrop. 


Robert  Stoddard, 
Rufus  Ailing, 
Richard  Barnet, 
Joseph  Chapman, 
J.  W.  Brewster, 
John  W.  Miner, 
Elisha  Satterlee, 
George  A.  Syddleman, 
Elisha  W.  Miner, 
Wm.  Pollard, 
Luke  Wheeler, 
George  A.  Sydleman,  Jr., 
Wm.  Kimball, 
Mason  Manning. 


Israel  N.  Jones, 
Wm.  Buck, 
Thomas  Kingsley, 
George  G.  Latimer, 
Nicholas  Latimer, 
J.  W.  Pellet, 
Shubael  Park, 
Gilbert  A  Smith, 
Roswell  Morgan, 
Jonathan  Dodge. 


NORTH  STONINGTON. 


Thomas  P.  Wattles, 
Pitts  D.  Frink, 
George  W.  Bentley, 
Roswell  R.  Avery, 
John  Brown, 


Joshua  Wheeler, 
Stephen  Colegrove, 
Jonathan  Knapp, 
Joel  Pilchard, 
Giles  Wheeler, 


Isaac  P.  Langworthy, 
Charles  G.  Avery, 
Henry  C.  Brown, 
Nathaniel  M.  Crary, 
Jabez  Gallup, 


1832.] 


GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT. 


459 


Thomas  P.  Chapman, 
Wm.  Frink, 
John  T.  Wheeler, 


Joshua  Barstow, 
Charles  Prentice, 
Isaac  H.  Cook, 
Henry  Brown, 
James  Cook, 
Asa  Prentjce,  Jr., 
Asa  A.  Swan, 


H.  R.  Park, 
Elisha  Branch, 
J.  C.  Baker, 
H.  R.  Patridge, 
Nathan  Johnson, 
Lucius  Tyler, 
Nathaniel  Day, 


Ebenezer  Nichols, 
Wm.  Patch, 
Miles  Hoyt, 
Reuben  Booth, 
John  S.  Blackman, 
Aaron  Seeley, 
Hiram  Wildman, 
David  Foot, 
Edward  S.  Brockett, 
Joel  Taylor, 
Thomas  P.  White, 
Samuel  C.  Dibble, 
Samuel  Scribner, 
Fairchild  Ambler, 
Hubbell  Wildman, 
Benjamin  Ambler, 
John  Foot, 
Wm.  Patch,  Jr., 
Daniel  Porter, 
Stephen  A.  Hurlbut, 
Nathan  A.  Price, 
Samuel  Stfebbica, 


Isaac  Williams, 
George  AVheeler, 
Russell  Wheeler, 

PRESTON. 

Thomas  M.  Safford, 
Adin  Cook, 
Averj'  Downer, 
David  Baldwin, 
Ebenezer  Avery, 
Nathan  Cook, 
Isaac  Avery, 

JEWETT  CITY. 

Thomas  Stewart, 
A.  B.  Cheesborough, 
Oliver  Goodell, 
Nathan  Brown, 
Simon  Lathrop, 
Samuel  C.  Collyer, 
Wm.  Withey, 

DANBURY. 

Frederick  S.  Wildman, 
John  C.  Blackman, 
Thomas  M.  Gregory, 
Wm.  T.  Scofield, 
Charles  L.  White, 
Philo  B.  White, 
Albert  Seger, 
Joseph  Scribner, 
Seymour  Husted, 
Starr  Ferry, 
Oliver  Shepard, 
George  Seeley, 
Samuel  Banks, 
Abram  Stow, 
Andrew  Andrews, 
J.  R.  A¥ildman, 
Wm.  Peck, 
David  Knapp, 
John  Sturges, 
Alva  Taylor, 
Lewis  Taylor, 
Ira  Williams, 


Wm.  B.  Denison, 
Joseph  Frink, 
Riall  Mann. 


Edward  Coats,  Jr., 
Robert  S.  Avery, 
Thomas  Prentice, 
John  Sheffield, 
Daniel  Baldwin, 
Samuel  H.  Prentice. 


Charles  R.  Spencer, 
Benjamin  Gaskill, 
Samuel  Cole, 
John  C.  Tibbetts, 
Oliver  Coit, 
Tyler  Brown, 
J.  K.  Stitson. 


Wm.  H.  Banks, 
Sturges  Selleck, 
Gersham  Nichols, 
Alfred  Benedict, 
Samuel  T.  Barnum, 
Giliad  Ambler, 
Joseph  Hitchcock, 
Wm.  A.  Cromwell, 
Ezra  P.  Bennett, 
George  Clapp, 
Eleazer  Taylor, 
Daniel  S.  Beatty, 
Charles  Dart, 
Joseph  Taylor, 
Nathan  B.  Crofut, 
Eli  Ferry, 
Samuel  Allen, 
EHud  Taylor, 
Nathaniel  H.  Wildman, 
George  W.  Pires, 
Ransom  Brotbwell, 
David  Itobbs. 


460 


GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Wra.  H.  Holly, 
Roswell  Hoyt, 
Isaac  Quintard,  Jr., 
Charles  D.  Hoyt, 
James  S.  Davenport, 
Alfred  A.  Holly, 
Daniel  G.  Scott, 
John  S.  Winthrop, 
David  Holly,  Jr., 
S.  H.  Minor, 
Peter  Knapp, 
John  W.  Leeds, 
Isaac  Lockwood, 

David  Keeler, 
Jeremiah  Mead, 
Gamaliel  Smith, 
Daniel  Smith, 
Stephen  Olmsted, 
Walter  Dauch}', 
Alva  .Jones, 
Philip  Bradley, 
Sherwood  Mead, 
Nathan  Olmsted, 
Isaac  Olmsted, 

David  Marsh, 
Frederick  Buel, 
Lyman  Wooster, 
Heman  AV.  Childs, 
Charles  L.  Webb, 
Roger  Cook, 
Samuel  Buel, 
Aaron  Smith, 


Aner  Bradley, 
Eleazer  Judd, 
Micah  Blakeslee, 
Randal  Warner, 
Samuel  Hickox, 
Samuel  H.  Judd, 
Lucius  B.  Bradley, 
James  Bishop, 
Hector  Smith, 
Ebeue2er  Prencb, 


STAMFORD. 

Benjamin  Page, 
Smith  Scott, 
John  Brown, 
Andrew  Mead, 
James  Stevens, 
Abraham  Davenport, 
David  Waterbury. 
J.  B.  Waterbury, 
Ebenezer  Mead, 
Frederick  Lockwood, 
Oliver  Lockwood, 
John  S.  Hennessey, 

RIDGEFIELD. 

Daniel  Jones, 
Henry  Olmsted, 
Wm.  Beers, 
Jared  N.  St.  John, 
David  Dunning, 
Abijah  Ressique, 
David  Banks, 
Jacob  Dauchy, 
Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
Russel  Jones, 
Abraham  Whitlock, 

LITCHFIELD. 

Phineas  Lord, 
Phineas  Taylor, 
George  Dewey, 
James  Winship, 
Samuel  Buel,  2d, 
Samuel  P.  Bolles, 
Joseph  Adams, 
Joshua  Garritt, 

WATERTOWN. 

John  D.  Wooster, 
John  Buckingham, 
Eleazer  Green, 
Nathan  Hawley, 
Samuel  Bloss, 
Samuel  Church, 
Nathan  Burton,  Jr., 
Rollin  Church, 
Stephen  Scott, 


Ambrose  S.  Todd, 
Stephen  Warring, 
Nathaniel  D.  Haight, 
James  R.  Hoyt, 
Joseph  H.  Leeds, 
Wm.  Leeds, 
Abraham  H.  Close, 
Wm.  S.  Wood, 
Morehouse  Adams, 
David  Holly, 
John  W.  Holly, 
Ezra  Knapp. 


Hezekiah  Scott, 
Czar  Jones, 
Chauncey  Olmsted, 
John  Barlow, 
Arba  Whitlock, 
James  Flynn, 
Charles  Dimbry, 
Jesse  Covert, 
Epenetus  Howe, 
Noah  St.  John. 


Reuben  Merriman, 
George  H.  Palmer, 
Samuel  Seymour, 
John  Bissell, 
John  Riley, 
Stephen  Deming, 
Henry  Adams. 


Myron  Gaylord, 
Leverett  Judd, 
Alanson  Warren, 
Silas  Hoadley, 
Mark  I.  Bronson, 
Nathan  Nettleton, 
James  Garnsej', 
Friend  Garnsey, 
Austin  Sperry. 


1832.] 


GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT. 


461 


Nathan  Preston, 
J.  P.  Marshall, 
Benjamin  Doolittle, 
James  Moody, 
N.  C.  Sanford, 
Charles  B.  Phelps, 
Philo  DeForest, 
Russel  Daley, 
A.  S.  Eastman, 
Everett  Booth, 
Abraham  Somers, 
Wra.  Hickok, 
Charles  C.  Hinman, 
Truman  Wheeler, 
Samuel  Steele, 
Thaddeus  D.  Mallary, 


Hubbel  Miller, 
Jason  Cross, 
Esek  Carter, 
Enoch  Lewis, 
Stiles  Peck, 
Carrington  Todd, 


Edward  Pierpont, 
Wm.  E.  Russel, 
Samuel  Bradley, 
James  H.  Seymour, 
Wm.  Phippeny, 
George  D.  Wadhams, 
Selah  Frogt, 


Moses  B.  Harvey, 
Wm.  Adams, 
Elijah  Fairman, 
Nathan  Washburn, 
Amos  Harvey, 
Joshua  Howe, 
Stephen  Smith, 
Thomas  Pinks, 
Lemuel  Stedman, 
Harvey  Adams, 
Rufus  G.  Pinney, 
Arba  Hyde, 


WOODBURY. 

Phineas  S.  Bradley, 
Stiles  Nettleton, 
George  W.  Jones, 
Joseph  Calhoun, 
E.  Hinman, 
Albert  Guthrie, 
Aaron  Hickok, 
John  Wheeler, 
Doty  Munn, 
John  Manvel, 
James  Manvel, 
John  Marvin, 
Benjamin  Stiles, 
Treat  Camp, 
Zalmon  Bishop, 
Thomas  S.  Shelton, 

CORNWALL. 

John  Pierce. 
Myron  Harrison, 
Anson  Rogers, 
Edward  B.  White, 
Benjamin  Catlin, 
Peter  Bierce, 

TORRINGTOW. 

Prescott  Pond, 
Cyrus  Palmer, 
Harvey  Palmer, 
James  Green, 
Hugh  Kearney, 
Jeremiah  Page, 
Robert  Palmer, 

STAFFORD. 

Nathan  Rockwell, 
Jacob  Gerould, 
Wm.  Gladding,  Jr., 
Alva  Francis, 
Jasper  Hyde, 
Rodolphus  Woodworth, 
John  Y.  Adams, 
Samuel  C.  Lyon,  Jr., 
Jasiel  P.  Fuller, 
Joseph  C.  Dow, 
David  Carpenter, 
Cyrus  Fenye, 


Aaron  Tuttle, 
Chauncey  Hedge, 
Lewis  Fairchild, 
Amasa  Lathrop, 
Josiah  R.  Eastman, 
Royal  R.  Hinman, 
Charles  Peck, 
Daniel  Tuttle, 
Asahel  Bronson, 
Elisha  N.  Hawley, 
Samuel  Fenn, 
Harvey  Morris, 
Andrew  Root, 
Bethel  S.  Castle, 
Washington  H.  Atwood, 
Luther  Bishop. 


Chester  Markham, 
Wm.  S.  Bates, 
Abraham  C.  Palmer, 
Wm.  Blinn, 
Henry  Bierce, 
Obadiah  Bierce. 


James  Palmer, 
Thomas  Moses, 
Nathan  W.  Hammond, 
Uri  Taylor, 
Bassett  Dunbar, 
Abijah  Mann, 
Elihu  Bradley. 


Benjamin  Salisbury, 
Luther  Eaton, 
S.  L.  Griggs, 
Jeremiah  Parish, 
Moses  B.  Aldrich, 
Carlos  Chapman, 
Aaron  Parkes, 
Isaiah  Call, 
Samuel  Childs, 
Henry  C.  Baker, 
Wm.  Stroud, 
Preston  Poud, 


462 


GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


Lincoln  Bardwell, 
Richard  Stroud, 
Stuart  Beebe, 
Heronis  Scripter, 
Wm.  Field, 


Merrit  Foot, 
Calvin  Frisbie, 
Orrin  D.  Squire, 
Ebenezer  Linsley, 
Asa  Norton, 


Uriel  Fuller, 
Rufus  Adams, 
James  B.  Whitcomb, 
Nathan  Williams, 
Paddock  Richmond, 
Richard  Fenner, 
Jedediah  Johnson, 
Andrew  T.  Judson, 
Wm.  Tyler, 
Vine  Robinson, 
Gurdon  Robinson, 
Eleazer  Mather, 
James  A.  Stetson, 
Augustus  Cady, 
Ammi  Bolles, 
James  Stevens, 
John  Parish, 
Samuel  Scarborough, 
Elijah  Baldwin, 
Seabury  Macumber, 
Chester  Lyon, 
Andrew  Harris, 


Joseph  Foskit, 
Lewis  Parkes, 
Horace  Orcutt, 
Cordial  Newcomb, 
Loren  P.  Waldo, 

BRATTPORD. 

Edmund  Palmer, 
Loring  D.  Hosley, 
Darius  Nichols, 
Willoughby  L.  Lay, 
Hobart  Rolinson, 

CANTERBURY. 

Daniel  Kies, 
Paschal  Tyler, 
Gardner  Main, 
Daniel  P.  Tyler, 
Wm.  Putnam, 
Bela  P.  Spalding, 
John  Witter, 
Joseph  P.  Barrett, 
Giles  R.  Eldridge, 
Benjamin  C.  Palmer, 
Ebenezer  Spalding, 
Nathan  Witter,  Jr. 
George  Middletou, 
Henry  Sabin, 
Dyer  Ames, 
Edward  Clark, 
Robert  Kinne, 
Harvey  Packhurst, 
Albe  Hyde, 
Wm.  Levally, 
Rufus  Waldo, 
Walter  Peck, 


John  J.  Moulton, 
Alden  Skinner, 
Oliver  Hyde, 
Isaac  McNary, 
James  Holt,  Jr. 


Ruel  Chidsey, 
Asahel  Curtis, 
Wm.  Tyler, 
John  Staples, 
Lyman  Frisbie. 


Ephraim  Medbury, 
Jared  Wilson, 
Mowry  Burgess, 
John  Dunlap, 
Charles  Dunlap, 
Gilbert  Potter, 
Ephraim  Pike, 
John  Prior, 
Alexander  Ross, 
Silas  Sisson, 
Edward  Medbury, 
Philip  Potter, 
Jesse  Ensworth, 
Luther  Ensworth, 
Roswel  Ensworth, 
Martin  Felch, 
Squire  Cady, 
Douglas  Parker, 
Hubbard  Adams, 
Jesse  Herden, 
James  Cady, 
Joseph  Hutcbins. 


1833.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  463 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1833. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  Sdi  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1833,  A.  L.  5833  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

K.  W.  CODDINGTON  BILLINGS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  INGOLDSBY  W.  CRAWFORD,  Sen.  G.  Warden,  p.  t. 

"  LEONARD  HENDEE,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 

"  HEZEKIAH  DAVIS,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"  WILLIAM  H.  HALL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"  LODOVICUS  STOWELL,  Grand  Steward. 

"  V/ILLARD  LYON,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES    OF  LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  E.  G.  Storer, 

Wm.  H.  Ellis. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Alanson  Work,  J.  Kilborn,  Jr. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Hezekiah  Davis. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Wm.  H.  Holly. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Benjamin  Isaacs. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — N.  C.  Sanford. 
No.  9,  Compass,  Wallingford — E.  M.  Pomeroy,  L.  Carrington, 
No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Amherst  D.  Scovill. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Josiah  Nettleton. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Chester  Lyon. 
No.  16,  Temple,  Cheshire — Joel  Moss. 
No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 
No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Thomas  Blackman. 
No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin— Abijah  Flagg,  Richard  Wilcox. 


464 


GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


No.  22,  Hart's,  Woodbridge — David  Beecher. 

No.  23,  St.  James,  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Icliabod  Bulkley. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Solomon  Terry. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Coddington  Billings. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southingtou — Samuel  Hitchcock, 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby— Justus  D.  Wilson, 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — John  C.  Blackman. 

No,  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Daniel  Porter. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Nathan  Ripley. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Luther  Crawford. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Daniel  Smith. 

No.  48,  St.  Luke's,  Kent— Philo  Mills. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Eansford  Button,  B.  Hutchinson. 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nathaniel  C.  Smith. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — James  Green. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Amos   Beecher,  Merlin 

Merrill,  Orvill  Howd. 
No,  60,  WolCott,  Stafford— Wm.  Field. 
No.  63,  Adelj)hi,  New  Haven— Eben  P.  Ward. 
No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield — Daniel  Coley. 
No.  74,  Blazing  Star,  Cornwall — Benjamin  Catlin. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Ma- 
sonry by  the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  election  of  Grand  Officers 
shall  be  held  at  7  o'clock  this  evening. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 

Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 

and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 

Lodge,  a!id  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 

him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 

Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  four  hundred 

and  twenty-five  dollars  and  seventy-two  cents,  in  cash,  and  seven  hundred  dollars 

loaned  on  mortgage ;  making  the  total  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  $2125.72. 

CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,  >  r^^-^^, 
WM.  H.  ELUS,  \  Committee. 


1833.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  465 

A  communication  was  read  from  a  committee  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Khode  Island,  which  was  referred  to  Brs.  Wm,  H. 
Ellis,  Asa  Child,  and  A.  D.  Scovill,  to  report  this  evening. 

The  G-rand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
communications  and  pamphlets,  which  he  had  received  from 
other  Grand  Lodges  during  the  past  year ;  which  were  referred 
to  the  last  named  committee. 

Bro.  John  Mix  presented  a  petition  asking  pecuniary  relief  in 
behalf  of  Bro.  George  Norton,  a  member  of  Frederick  Lodge, 
No.  14,  Farmington  ;  which  was  referred  to  a  committee,  con- 
sisting of  Brs.  Whitman,  Preston  and  Davis. 

The  Grand  Lodge  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  this  evening. 


May  8,  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

Grand  Lodge  met  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and  proceeded  to 
choice  of  Grand  Officers  ;  the  ballots  being  taken,  the  breth- 
ren hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the 
several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  and  were  installed  ac- 
cordingly, viz  : 

M.  W.  THOMAS  HUBBARD,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  LEONARD  HENDEE,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"      DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  following  appointments  were  then  announced  from  the 
Chair,  viz  : 

W.  Br.  William  H.  Holly,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"        Joel  G.  Candee,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 
Rev.  Bro.  William  A.  Curtis,  Grand  Chaplain. 
'•'     Marcus  Bassett,  1  r^       ,  ^^        j 
"     Eben  p.  Ward,      \  ^^'^^^  Stewards. 

"    John  P.  Carrington,  Grand  Tyler. 
59 


466  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  communications 
from  other  Grand  Lodges,  reported  that  they  had  examined  the 
same,  and  fonnd  nothing  requiring  special  notice,  except  the 
communication  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Hhode  Island,  which 
the  committee  would  recommend  that  the  Grand  Lodge  should 
do  nothing  with  at  the  present  session.  Eeport  accepted,  and 
committee  discharged. 

Bro.  Whitman,  from  the  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the 
petition  asking  for  pecuniary  aid  in  behalf  of  Bro.  George  Nor- 
ton, of  Farmington,  reported  that  they  had  examined  into  the 
facts  set  forth  in  said  petition,  and  that  Bro.  Korton  was  in  a 
situation  requiring  the  chaiitable  assistance  of  his  brethren,  of 
which  he  was  every  way  worthy  ;  the  committee  therefore  re- 
commend a  donation  of  forty  dolLirs  from  the  funds  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  The  report  was  accepted,  and  a  vote  passed  di- 
recting tlie  Grand  Treasurer  to  place  the  above  sum  in  the  care 
of  Br.  John  Mix,  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  Bro.  Norton. 

The  Grand  Secretary's  report  of  delinquent  Lodges  was  then 
taken  up  for  consideration,  and  after  some  discussion,  it  was 
voted,  that  in  consequence  of  the  j^eculiar  circumstances  under 
wdiich  many  of  the  Lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  have  been  labor- 
ing for  the  last  two  or  three  years,  all  fines  and  penalties  now 
due  for  delinquencies  be  remitted. 

Bros.  Wm.  H.  Ellis  and  Charles  A.  Ingersoll  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 


1833.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  467 

RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDIMTE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  W.  M.,  Thomas  G.Wood- 
ward, S.  W.,  Anson  T.  Colt,  J.  W.  Initiated— Edwin  J.  Peck,  Garry  Smith,  Ca- 
leb A.  Smith,  George  Love,  Charles  B.  Shepherd. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Alanson  Work,  W.  M.,  Joseph  C.  Burke, 
S.  W.,  Wm.  Merriman,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Davis, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  AV. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Roswel  Hoyt,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Quintard,  S.  W.,  James 
S.  Davenport,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  C,  Norwalk— James  Stevens,  W.  M.,  Henry  W.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Joseph  E.  Corker,  J.  W. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Nathan  Preston,  W.  M.,  James  Man- 
ville,  S.  AV.,  AVashington  H.  Atwood,  J.  AV. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Benjamin  Fairchild,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin, 
S.  AV.,  Elijah  Marshal,  J.  AV. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Elisha  JI.  Pomeroy,  AV.  M.,  Medad  AV.  Mun- 
son,  S.  AV.,  Friend  Cook,  J.  AV.     Initiated — Charles  D.  Yale. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— AVm.  Lum,  AV.  M.,  John  L.  Daniels,  S.  AV.,  Eb- 
enezer  Fisher,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  D.  Frisbie,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard,  David 
M.  Nettleton.    Expelled — George  D.  Hine. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington — Lemuel  AVhitman,  AV.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  AV.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  AV. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— George  Middleton,  W.  M.,  Chester  Lyon,  S.  AV., 
James  B.  AVhitcomb,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  AVatertown — Aner  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Alanson  AVarren,  S.  AV., 
Austin  Sperry,  J.  AV. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  AV.  M.,  Theophilus  Nichols,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Blackman,  J.  AV. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  AV., 
Richard  AVilcox,  J.  AV. 

HARTS,  No.  22,  Bethany— Hezekiah  Thomas,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Hitchcock,  S.  AV., 
Daniel  ToUes,  J.  AV.     Initiated— Cyvewn^  Candee,  Charles  Perkins,  Edson  Sperry. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Joshua  Barstow,  AV.  M.,  Charles  Preston,  S.  W., 
Isaac  H.  Cook,  J.  AV. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  Warehouse  Point^-Jabez  Collins,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Par- 
sons, S.  W.,  Solomon  Terry,  J.  AV. 


468  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Jolin  French,  W.  M.,  Ephraim  Babcock,  S.  W., 
Joshua  Hamilton,  J.  W.  Initiated — Eleazar  Smith,  Jonathan  Sizer,  Wm.  Flam- 
ming. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Samuel  Hitchcock,  W.  M.,  Cornelius  B. 
Andrews,  S.  W.,  Wm.  Barnes,  J.  W. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Josliua  R.  Jewett,  W.  M.,  Moses  Ensign,  S.  W., 
T.  S.  Hawkins,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— John  C.  Blackman,  W.  M.,  William  Patch,  S.  W., 
John  Foot,  J.  W.     Initiated — James  W.  Porter,  John  S.  Morris. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Haivey  Judd,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Hayden,  S.  W., 
Moses  Hall,  J.  W. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Wm.  Webb,  W.  M.,  Caleb  Howard,  S.  W., 
Luther  Ripley,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Samuel  Underwood,  W.  M.,  Luther  Rawson,  S. 
W.,  Henry  Wells,  J.  W.  Expelled — Samuel  White,  David  Holmes,  Nathaniel 
Parkhurst,  Calvin  Leffingwell. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Henry  C.  Atwood,  W.  M.,  Charles  Ransom, 
S.  W.,  John  M.  Hart,  J.  W.  Initiated — Joseph  Conner,  Moody  M.  Brown,  John 
Hunt,  Andrew  Ripley,  Orrin  Sherwood. 

ST.  LUKE'S,  No.  48,  Kent— Ezra  Skiff,  W.  M.,  Welcome  Geer,  S.  W.,  Eber  S. 
Peters,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover — Ransford  Button,  AV.  M.,  Benjamin  Hutchinson, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Burnap,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Ira  Lee,  W.  M.,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  S.  W.,  David 
Hull,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpout,  W.  M.,  George  D.  Wadhams, 
S.  W.,  James  Green,  J.  W.     Expelled — Rev.  Joshua  Williams. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W., 
Asa  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  W.  M.,  Merlin  Mer- 
rill, S.  W.,  Orville  Howd,  J.  W.     Suspended — James  H.  Cook. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Thomas  Phiks,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Adams,  S.  W.,  Elijah 
Fairman,  J.  W. 

ADELPHI,  No.  63,  New  Haven — Justin  Redfield,  W.  M.,  Dennis  Kimberly,  S. 
W.,  Cyprian  Wilcox,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  F.  Babcock,  Edgar  Riker,  Noble 
Towner,  Joel  Ives. 

BLAZING  STAR,  No.  74,  Cornwall — Myron  Harrison,  W.  M.,  Anson  Rogers, 
S.  W.,  Edward  R.  White,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Elisha  Branch,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Bo- 
hen,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Cole,  J.  W. 


1834.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  469 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1834. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
held  at  the  Malbnic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednelday,  the  14th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5834  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
R.  W.  LEONARD  HENDEE,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       JUSTIN  REDFIELD,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 
"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
"       DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 
Rev..  WILLIAM  A.  CURTIS,  Grand  Chaplain. 

WILLIAM  H.  HOLLY,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 
MARCUS  BASSETT,  Grand  Steward. 
JOHN  P.  CARRINGTON,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Henry  C.  Flagg,  Eliphalet  G.  Sto- 

rer,  Anson  T.  Colt. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Charles  Dyer. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — George  Putnam. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Nox'walk — Benjamin  Isaacs. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford' — Samuel  Benjamin. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Hiram  Upson,  Josiah  Nettleton, 

John  L.  Daniels. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Leiuuel  Whitman. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Chester  Lyon. 
No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown^ — Aner  Bradley. 
No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Luther  Beckley. 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Hezekiah  Thomas. 
No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Joshua  Barstow,  John  C.  Tibbits. 
No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Remus  M.  Fowler. 


470  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.  Brainard,  Joshua  Ham- 
ilton. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Samuel  Hitchcock. 

No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby — David  Latham. 

No.  37,  Western  Star,  Norfolk — James  Shepherd. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — John  C.  Blackman. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Harvey  Judd,  Fred'k  A.  Ellis. 

No.  44,-  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Justin  Swift,  Thomas  Gray. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford— John  M.  Hart,  H.  C.  Atwood. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Ransford  Button. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Amos  Beecher. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Wm.  Field,  Loren  P.  Waldo. 

No.  63,  Adelphi,  New  Haven — Justin  Redfiekl,  Cyprian  Wil- 
cox, Henry  Peck 

No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — Stephen  Billings. 

No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield — George  Peck. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
opened  in  the  Third  Degree  of  Masonry,  by  the  R.  W.  Deputy 
Grand  Master. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  at  7  o'clock  this  evening  the 
Grand  Lodge  will  go  into  an  election  for  the  choice  of  officers 
for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

To  the  Grand  Ledge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust  the  accounts 

of  the  Grand  Secretarj^  and  Treasurer  for  the  past  j'ear,  having  attended  to  that 

duty,  do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand 

Lodge,  have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer;  and  they  also  find  in  the 

hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  a  cash  balance  of  thirteen  hundred  and  ninety-two 

dollars  and  eighty-three  cents,  and  seven   hundred  dollars  loaned  on  mortgage ; 

making  the  total  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  two  thousand  and  ninety-two  dollars 

and  eighty-three  cents.     Which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,      )  CommUiee 
CHAS.  A.  INGERSOLL,  J  ^<5'"'»«^«- 


1834.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,  471 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
comnnmicatious  which  he  had  received  during  the  past  year 
from  other  Grand  Lodges,  which  were  referred  to  a  committee, 
consisting  of  R.  W.  Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  David  Kimberly,  and 
Henry  C.  Flagg,  to  examine  their  contents  and  report  thereon 
this  evening. 

Bro.  Justin  Redfield  presented  the  petition  of  members  of 
Adelphi  Lodge,  No.  63,  requesting  leave,  for  reasons  therein 
contained,  to  surrender  their  charter  to  the  Grand  Lodge.  The 
petition  was  referred  to  a  committee,  consisting  of  Brs.  Henry 
Peck,  Henry  C.  Atwood,  and  Josiah  Nettleton,  to  inquire  into 
the  facts  and  report  this  evening. 

A  petition  was  presented  by  Bro.  John  C.  Tibbits,  from  the 
members  of  Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  No.  75,  praying  the  Grand 
Lodge  to  refund  to  said  Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  the  sum  of  thir- 
ty-five dollars,  which  had  been  paid  for  their  charter  over  and 
above  what  other  Lodges  had  paid,  as  the  fee  for  charters  was 
raised  from  fifteen  to  fifty  dollars,  at  the  time  their  charter  was 
applied  for,  and  no  other  Lodge  had  paid  over  fifteen  dollars  for 
a  charter.  After  some  discussion,  the  decision  of  the  question 
on  granting  the  petition  was  postponed  till  evening. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  ad- 
journ till  7  o'clock  this  evening. 


May  Uth,  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Grand  Lodge  assembled,  jnirsuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  to  order  by  the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

A  communication  was  presented,  and  read  from  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  Bro.  Thomas  Hubbard,  expressing  his  grateful 
acknowledgments  for  the  honor  repeatedly  conferred  on  him  by 
the  Grand  Lodge,  and  declining  to  be  a  candidate  for  further 
election  to  office. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  dulv  elected 


472  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  LEONARD  HENDEE,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  -Senior  Grand  Warden. 

ANER  BRADLEY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  elect  then  made  the  following  ap- 
pointments, viz : 

Bro.  William  H.  Holly,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Henry  Peck,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  Ashbel  Baldwin,  Grand  Chaplain. 
ASAHEL  Saunders,  /  ^^^^^  g^^^^^^^^_ 
Nathan  Colton,      ^ 

John  Corse,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  communications  re- 
ceived by  the  Grand  Secretary  from  other  Grand  Lodges,  re- 
ported that  they  had  examined  the  same,  and  found  nothing 
which  required  the  special  action  of  this  Grand  Lodge.  The 
committee  were  gratified,  however,  to  be  able  to  state,  that  the 
several  Grand  Lodges  with  whom  we  communicate  are  pursu- 
ing "  the  even  tenor  of  their  way,"  and  the  committee  recom- 
mend a  continuance  of  fraternal  correspondence.  Which  report 
was  adopted. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  Adelphi 
Lodge,  No.  63,  praying  for  leave  to  surrender  their  charter,  re- 
ported that  they  had  made  inquiry  with  regard  to  the  facts  set 
forth  in  said  petition,  and  found  them  correct,  and  would  recom- 
mend that  the  petition  be  granted.  The  report  was  accepted, 
and  the  following  resolution  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  Adelphi  Lodge,  No.  63,  located  at  New  Haven,  have  leave  to  re- 
turn their  charter  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  who  is  hereby  authorized  to  receive 
the  same,  and  hold  it  subject  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Bro.  Lemuel  Whitman,  of  Frederick  Lodge,  No.  14,  Farm- 
ington,  communicated  to  the  Grand  Lodge  the  sad  intelligence, 


1834.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  473 

that  since  our  last  Grand  Communication  our  venerable  brother 
John  Mix,  Past  Grand  Secretary,  had  departed  this  life,  and 
that  there  remained  in  his  hands,  unexpended,  a  part  of  the  do- 
nation made  by  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  relief  of  Bro.  George 
Norton,  who  had  also  since  died,  leaving  a  family  in  destitute 
circumstances.  Whereupon,  on  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  Br. 
Lemuel  Whitman  be  appointed  the  agent  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
to  settle  with  the  executors  of  our  deceased  Bro.  John  Mix,  to 
receive  the  balance  of  said  donation  left  in  his  hands,  and  pay 
the  same  over  to  the  surviving  family  of  our  late  Bro.  George 
Norton. 

The  petition  of  Bro.  John  C.  Tibbits,  and  other  members  of 
Mount  Vernon  Lodge,  No.  75,  asking  the  Grand  Lodge  to  re- 
fund the  amount  paid  by  them  over  and  above  what  had  been 
paid  by  other  Lodges  for  a  charter,  was  again  taken  up  and  the 
consideration  resumed.  After  a  brief  discussion,  the  question 
was  taken  on  granting  the  prayer  of  the  petition,  and  decided 
in  the  affirmative.  Whereupon,  on  motion,  it  was  voted,  that 
the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed  to  pay  to  said  Mount  Vernon 
Lodge  the  sum  of  thirty-five  dollars. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis  submitted  the  following  resolution,  and  it 
was  unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved.  That  the  thanks  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  tendered  to  the  M.  W,  Past 
Grand  Master  Thomas  Hubbard,  for  the  able  and  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties 
of  Grand  Master  for  three  years  last  past. 

Brs.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  and  William  H.  Ellis,  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary  for  the  current  year,  and  report  at  the  next 
Grand  Communication. 

The  business  of  the  session  being  finished,  solemn  prayer  was 
offered  by  the  Rev.  Grand  Chaplain,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary.    . 
60 


474  GRAND    LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [^^y. 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Hemy  C.  Flagg,  W.  M.,  EliphaletG.  Storer,  S.W,, 
Anson  T.  Colt,  J.  W.     Initiated — Treat  Botsford. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Lot  D.  Vansands,  W.  M.,  Horace  Clark,  g.  W., 
Lysander  Wells,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Davis, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Joseph  E.  Corker,  S. 
W.,  Wm.  B.  Betts,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Benjamin  Faircbild,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin, 
S.  W.,  Ellhu  Marshal,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  42,  Derby— Hiram  Upson,  W.  M.,  John  L.  Daniels,  S.  W., 
Ebenezer  Fisher,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Dudley,  George  S.  Jackson,  Henry 
Patterson,  Wm.  Spencer,  Uriah  Wakeman,  Isaac  Botsford.  Expelled — George  S. 
Jackson. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterburj-— Chester  Lyon,  W.  M.,  J.  B.  Whitcomb,  S.  W., 
Joseph  Hutchins,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Aner  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Austin  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Mark  I.  Bronson,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W., 
Richard  Wilcox,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Hezekiah  Thomas,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Hitchcock,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Tolles,  J.  W. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  47,  Washington— Wm.  Moody,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Norton,  S.  W., 
Alfred  Burnham,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Joshua  Hamilton,  W.  M.,  Elisba  Douglass,  S.W.^ 
Eleazar  Smith,  J.  W.     Initiated — John  Darrow. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Samuel  Hitchcock,  W.  M.,  Cornelius  B. 
Andrews,  S.  W.,  Wm.  Barnes,  J.  W. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Granby— Joshua  R.  Jewett,  W.  M.,  Harry  Holcomb,  S, 
W.,  Thomas  Spring,  J.  W.     Initiated — Pliny  Moses. 

UNION,  No.  40.  Danbury— John  C.  Blackman,  W.  M.,  Matthew  K.  Gilbert,  S. 
W.,  Wm.  Patch,  J.  W. 


1834.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  •         475 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Harvey  Judd,  W.M.,  Isaac  S.  Johnson,  S.W., 
John  D.  Meers,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wm.  M.  Pemberton,  Henry  Hine,  Lawrence  S. 
Spencer,  Frederick  A.  Ellis,  Orrin  Hotchkiss,  Leonard  L.  Dougal,  Henry  W. 
Spencer,  Albert  Wooster. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Wm.  Webb,  W.  M.,  Caleb  Howard,  S. 
W.,  Luther  Ripley,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— John  M.  Hart,  W.  M.,  Gad  Hitchcock,  S.W., 
Wm.  Hinman,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  Betts,  James  Berry,  Alvah  B.  Lock- 
wood. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— Ransford  Button,  W.  M.,  Bezaleel  Hutchinson, 
S.  W.,  George  Perkins,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W., 
Aaron  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  W.  M.,  Merlin  Mer- 
rill,  S.  W.,  Orvill  Howd,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  StaflFord— Wm.  Field,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Fairman,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
Gladding.  J.  W.     Initiated — Lawrence  Crawford. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Stephen  Billings,  W.  M.,  James  Geer,  S.  W.,  Cyrus 
Newton,  J.  W. 

LAFAYETTE,  No.  72,  Fairfield— Sturges  Thorp,  W.  M.,  Bradley  Dimon,  S.W., 
Daniel  B.  Perry,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W,  M.,  John  C.  Tib- 
bitts,  S.  W.,  Samuel  Cole,  J.  W. 


476  .     GRAND    LODGE    OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1835. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moil  Worfhipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  13th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1885,  A.  L.  5835  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  '. 

M.  W.  LEONARD  HENDEE,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       ANER  BRADLEY,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 

*'       WILLIAM  H.  HOLLY,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"      ASAHEL  SAUNDERS,  Grand  Steward. 

"       A.  COLTON,  Grand  Tyler,  p.  t. 

REPRESENTATIVES    OF   LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven— E.  G.  Storer,  Anson  T.  Colt,  T. 

G.  Woodward. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown— Samuel  C.  Burke. 
No.  4,  St,  John's,   Hartford — Horace   Goodwin,  2d,   Hezekiah 

Davis,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Wm.  H.  Holly. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Stephen  Smith. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Hervey  Morris. 
No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Avery  Morgan,  J.  B.  Wheeler. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Chester  Lyon. 
No,  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Horace  Foot. 
No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Thomas  Blackman,  Chas.  Sherman. 
No,  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Abijah  Flagg, 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Hezekiah  Thomas. 


1835.]  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT,  477 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Stiles  Titus,  Frederick  J. 

Fenn. 
No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Coddington  Billings. 
No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Ralph  Pearl. 
No.  36,  St.  Mark's,  Granby — Thomas  Spring. 
No.  39,  Ark,  Weston— A.  Stow. 
No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Frederick  A.  Ellis. 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire. 
No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Simon  House. 
No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nelson  C,  Daniels. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkharasted — Anson  Wheeler. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Richard  Stroud. 
No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — Stephen  Billings. 
No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield— Charles  W.  Thorp. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  and  ample  form  by  the 
M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  election  of  Grand  Officers 
shall  be  held  at  7  o'clock  this  evenins. 

M.  W.  Bro.  Hendee  communicated  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  re- 
quest that  the  brethren  would  not  consider  him  a  candidate  for 
re-election  to  the  office  of  Grand  Master. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 

Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 

and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 

Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 

him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 

Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  two  thousand  one  hundred 

and  twenty  dollars  and  twelve  cents. 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,  >  ^ 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,  5  Committee. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Br.  J.  G.  Warden,  the  report  was  ap- 
proved and  accepted. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
communications  received  during  the  past  year  from  other  Grand 


478  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

Lodges,  but  nothing  therein  appeared  requiring  special  notice. 
Whereupon,  on  motion  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  continue  the  correspondence 
with  other  Grand  Lodges,  by  communicating  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this 
Grand  Lodge. 

Bro.  Henry  Peck  submitted  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  expediency  of  in- 
vesting a  portion  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the  stock  of  the  Union  School 
House,  in  New  Haven ;  and  that  said  Committee  be  requested  to  report  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  this  evening. 

The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  Brs.  Peck,  Goodwin  and 
House,  were  appointed  on  said  Committee. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  in  the  evening. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  13. 
Pursuant  to  adjournment,  the  Grand  Lodge  convened  at  7 
o'clock,  and  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year.  Ballots  being  taken  and  counted,  the  following  brethren 
were  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  offices  affixed  to  their 
names  : 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       DAVID  KIMBERLY,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  newly  elected  officers  were  then  installed  and  invested  by 
M.  W.  Bro.  Hendee,  and  severally  took  their  stations. 

The  following  resolution  was  submitted  by  R.  W.  Bro.  Aner 
Bradley,  and  passed  by  a  unanimous  vote  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  presented  to  M.  W.  Bro.  P. 
G.  M.  Leonard  Hendee,  for  the  able  and  faithful  manner  in  which  he  has  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  Grand  Master  the  past  year. 


1835.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  479 

The  Grand  Master  announced  the  following  appointments  ; 

Br.  William  H.  Holly,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"    Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Jenior  Grand  Deacon. 
"    Rev.  Ashbel  Baldwin,  Grand  Chaplain. 

;;    P^^^IJ  Saunders,  I  ^^^^^  stewards. 

"    Asa  Budington,     ) 

"    Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  purchas- 
ing stock  in  the  Union  School  House  Company,  submitted  a 
report  in  the  following  words,  viz  : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  expediency  of  investing  a  portion 
of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the  stock  of  the  Union  School  House,  at  New 
Haven,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  they  have  availed  themselves  of  such  evidence 
as  they  have  been  able  to  procure,  and  find  that  the  Union  School  House,  at  New 
Haven  is  an  incorporated  company,  and  as  such  have  issued  stock  to  the  number 
of  one  hundred  shares,  the  par  value  of  which  is  over  eighteen  dollars  per  share ; 
that  the  property  of  said  company  consists  of  a  lot  of  land  and  a  building,  situated 
in  a  central  part  of  the  city  of  New  Haven  ;  that  the  lower  part  of  said  house  is 
occupied  for  a  school,  and  the  upper  part  as  a  Lodge  Room  ;  that  of  these  one 
hundred  shares,  sixty-six  are  now  the  property  of  the  several  Orders  of  Masonry 
in  New  Haven,  and  the  remaining  thirty-four  shares  belong  to  sundry  individuals, 
and  that  these  thirty- four  shares  can  probably  be  purchased  for  a  sura  not  exceed- 
ing sixteen  dollars  per  share.  The  building  is  now  occupied  at  a  rent  of  ninety- 
five  dollars  per  annum,  and  there  is  no  probability  that  the  property  will  ever  be 
less  valuable  than  it  is  at  the  present  time.  Your  Committee  would  therefore  re- 
commend to  the  Grand  Lodge  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  Bro. .  be  a  Committee  to  purchase  for  this  Grand 

Lodge,  thirty-four  shares  in  the  Union  School  House,  at  New  Haven,  at  a  price 
not  exceeding  sixteen  dollars  per  share ;  and  he  is  authorized  to  draw  on  the 
Grand  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

HENRY  PECK,  ) 

HORACE  GOODWIN,  V  Committee. 

SIMON  HOUSE,  ) 

After  a  lengthy  discussion  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the 
resolution  proposed  by  the  Committee  adopted. 

Bro.  Hezekiah  Thomas  presented  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  me- 
morial from  sundry  brethren,  members  of  Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22, 
Bethany,  praying  that  Bro.  Philander  B.  Hine,  who  was  some 
years  since  expelled  from  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  be  restored  to 
his  Masonic  privileges. 


480  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

After  the  reading  of  said  memorial,  E,  W,  Bro.  Heniy  Peck 
submitted  the  following  resolution,  which  was  passed  unani- 
mously : 

Resolved,  That  the  vote  of  expulsion  passed  by  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  against 
Bro.  Philander  B.  Hine,  is  hereby  revoked  and  rescinded,  and  declared  to  be  null 
and  void;  and  Bro.  Hine  is  hereby  restored  to  all  the  privileges  and  immunities 
to  which  he  was  entitled  as  a  Mason  before  said  vote  of  expulsion  was  passed. 

A  memorial  was  presented  from  Salem  Lodge,  No.  71,  Salem, 
praying  for  leave  to  surrender  their  charter  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion  the  prayer  of  the  petition  was  granted,  and  the 
charter  received  accordingly. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  to  the  Grand  Lodge  a  list  of 
subordinate  Lodges  who  were  delinquent  in  returns  and  repre- 
sentation at  the  last  annual  communication. 

Bro.  E.  G.  Storer  submitted  the  following  resolution,  which 
was  adopted  unanimously  : 

Resoked,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  the  several  Lodges 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  who  have  neglected  to  make  returns 
agreeably  to  the  By-Laws,  that  they  show  cause,  at  the  next  annual  communica- 
tion, why  their  charters  should  not  be  revoked. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Wm.  H.  Holly,  the  resolution  authorizing 
the  purchase  of  stock  of  Union  School  House  was  reconsidered. 

A  resolution  was  then  introduced  by  Bro.  Frederick  J.  Fenn, 
for  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  to  inquire  into  the  expe- 
diency of  the  Grand  Lodge  purchasing  said  stock,  and  make  re- 
port at  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  the  M,  W.  Grand  Master 
appointed  Brs.  F.  J.  Fenn,  Thomas  G.  Woodward  and  Thomas 
Hubbard,  said  Committee. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Thomas  Hubbard 
and  Henry  Peck,  a  Committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

DAVID  KIMBEKLY,  Grand  Secretary. 


1835.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  481 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 


HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Eliphalet  G.  Slorer,  W.  M.,  Auson  T.  Colt,  S.  W., 
Marcus  Bassett,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— James  C.  Burke,  W.  M.,  Caleb  Miller,  S.  W., 
Lot  D.  Yansands,  J.  W.     Initiated — Dudley  Bailey. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Davi.s, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Roswel  Hoyt,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Quintard,  S.  W.,  Daniel 
G.  Scott,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Corker,  S.  W., 
Wm.  Betts,  J.  W. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Wra.  Atwood,  W.  M.,  James  Manville, 
S.  W.,  Seleck  Galpin,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  James  S.  Green,  S.  AV., 
John  M.  G.  Corey,  J.  W.     Initiated — Lorenzo  D.  Kinney. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W., 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Chester  Lyon,  W.  M.,  James  B.  Whitcomb,  S. 
W.,  Wm.  Putnam,  J.  AV. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Mark  J.  Bronson,  W.  M.,  Austin  Sperry,  S. 
W.,  Horace  Foot,  J.  AV. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  AV.  M.,  Thomas  Blackman,  S.  AV., 
Charles  Sherman,  J.  AV, 

HARMONY,   No.  20,   Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  W.  M.,   Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W., 
Richard  Wilcox,  J.  AV. 

HART^S,  No.  22,  Bethanj'— Hezekiah  Thomas,  AV.  M.,  Isaac  Hitchcock,  S.  AV., 
Daniel  Tolles,  J.  AV. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— AVm.  Moody,  AV.  M.,  Frederick  J.  Fenn, 
S.  AV.,  Alfred  Burnham,  J.  AV. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Joshua  Hamilton,  AV.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass,  S. 
W.,  Eleazar  Smith,  J.  W. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Isaac  Shepherd,  W.  M.,  Ralph  Pearl,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Hitchcock,  J.  AV. 

ST.  MARK'S,  No.  36,  Qranby— Joshua  R.  Jewett,  W.  M.,  Harry  Holcomb,  S. 
W.,  Thomas  Spring,  J.  AV. 

61 


482  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J? 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— John  D.  Meers,  W.  M.,  Isaac  S.  Johnson,  S. 
W.,  Henry  Hine,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Joho  M.  Hart,  W.  M.,  Moody  Brown,  S.  W., 
John  C.  Lusk,  J.  W.     Initiated — Rev.  Albert  Case. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Jasper  Fitch,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  S. 
W.,  Hiram  Barton,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— Philip  Gaylord,  W.  M.,  Lmnan  Preston,  S.  W., 
Aaron  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Anson  Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Hira  Case, 
S.  W.,  Chauncey  Munson,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Wm.  Field,  W.  M.,  Elijah  Fairman,  S.  W.,  Wm. 
Gladding,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Stephen  Billings,  W.  M.,  Roswell  Allen,  S.  W., 
Tracy  Gates,  J.  W. 

LAFAYETTE,  No.  72,  Fairfield— Sturges  Thorp,  W.  M.,  Bradley  Dimon,  S.  W., 
David  B.  Perry,  J.  W. 


1836.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  483 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1836. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  nth  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5836  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT. 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary,  p.  t. 

WILLIAM  H.  HOLLY,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
Rev.  ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Grand  Chaplain. 

PHILIP  SAUNDERS, 

ASA  BUDINGTON, 

ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 


Grand  Stewards. 


PAST  GRAND  OFFICERS. 

M.  W.  Thomas  Hubbard,  Past  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  William  H.  Jones,  Past  Grand  Secretary, 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Anson   T,  Colt,    Nahum  Flagg, 

Avery  C.  Babcock. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — J.  Kilbourn,  Jr.,  Joseph  White. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Thomas  Hutchins,  Wm.  Lum. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Wm.  H.  Holly. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — James  Stevens. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 


484 


GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT. 


[May, 


No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 

No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 

No. 
No. 


11 
12 

14 
17 
18 
19 
22 
25 
26 
27 
29 
30 

31 
33 

37 

40 

42 
46 
47 
50 
55 
57 
58 

60 
62 
65 
69 
73 
74 
75 


St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — Phineas  Lord. 

King  Hiram,  Derby — John  L.  Daniels,  Josiah  Nettle- 
ton,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard. 

Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 

Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 

Hiram,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall. 

Washington,  Monroe — Lucius  Curtis. 

Hart's,  Bethany — Hezekiah  Thomas. 

Cokmibia,  Glastenbury — Henry  Dayton. 

Columbia,  East  Haddam — Wm.  Cook. 

Rising  Sun,  Washington — Frederick  J.  Fenn. 

Village,  Canton — Hira  Case. 

Dayspring,  Hamden — Leverett  Hitchcock,  Julius  S. 
Tolles. 

Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.  Brainard. 

Friendship,  Southington — John  E.  Jones. 

Western  Star,  Norfolk — Benjamin  Welch,  Jr. 

Union,  Danbury — Nathaniel  H.  Wildman,  Charles 
Peck. 

Harmony,  Waterbury — Frederick  A.  Ellis. 

Putnam,  Pomfret — Icabod  Corbin. 

Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire. 

Warren,  Andover — Austin  Tuttle. 

Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

Asylum,  Stonington — Wm.  Hyde. 

Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Anson  Wheeler,  Chaun- 
cey  Munson. 

Wolcott,  Stafford— Wm.  Field,  Loren  P.  Waldo. 

Orient,  East  Hartford — Ozias  Roberts. 

Temple,  Westport — George  L.  Cable. 

Fayette,  Ellington — Asa  Willey,  Horatio  Dow. 

Manchester,  Manchester — John  Mather. 

Blazing  Star,  Cornwall — Peter  Bierce. 

Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 


1836.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  485 

At  2  o'clock  p.  M.,  (the  hour  designated  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Grrand  Master  took  his  seat  in  the  East, 
and  a  quorum  being  present,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in 
ample  form,  with  solemn  prayer  by  the  R.  W.  and  Eev.  Grand 
Chaplain. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust  the  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for  the  past  j'ear,  having  attended  to  that 
duty,  do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  they  also  find  in  the 
hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  the  sum  of  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
three  dollars  and  twelve  cents. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,  )  ^ 
HENRY  PECK,  ]  CommMee. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  Grand  Communication, 
to  inquire  into  the  expediency  of  investing  a  portion  of  the 
funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  stock  of  the  Union  School  Com- 
pany, at  New  Haven,  made  the  following  report  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

We,  the  committee  appointed  to  examinine  and  report  whether  it  is  expedient 
for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  purchase  a  certain  number  of  shares  in  a  lot  nnd  build- 
ing, witli  the  apurtenances.  occupied  by  various  Masonic  Orders,  in  Orange  street, 
in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  respectfully  beg  leave  to  report — That  said  building 
and  lot  is  owned  by  an  incorporated  company  styled  "  The  Pioprietors  of  the 
Union  School," — that  the  Capital  Stock  of  said  Corporation  is  divided  into  One 
Hundred  Shares,  of  which  the  Masonic  Orders  in  New  Haven  own  sixty-seven, 
and  the  remaining  thirty-three  shares  are  owned  by  individuals— that  the  lower 
part  of  said  building  (which  is  of  two  stories)  is  rented  for  a  school,  and  the  up- 
per part  for  a  Lodge  room.  We  find  that  eighteen,  a  majority  of  the  shares  not 
owned  by  the  Masonic  Orders,  can  be  purchased  for  sixteen  dollars  per  share, 
and  in  all  probability  the  remaining  shares  can  be  purchased  at  the  same  price. 
If  so,  the  rents  paid  for  that  part  occcpied  by  the  school,  together  with  that  paid 
by  the  Masonic  bodies  in  New  Haven,  with  a  reasonable  allowance  for  the  occu- 
pancy of  the  hall  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  will  probably  amount  to  about  six  per 
cent,  of  the  price  to  be  paid  for  the  shares. 

Your  committe  are  of  opinion,  that  as  the  Grand  Lodge  is  possessed  of  some 
funds,  and  that  in  all  probability  (notwithstanding  present  opposition  and  perse, 
cation)  they  will  have  occasion  to  continue  their  meetings  for  years  and  ages  to 


486  GRAND   LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

come,  it  is  desirable  thej'  should  have  a  place  to  assemble,  especially  as  one  can 
be  secured  at  so  reasonable  a  rate.  We  would  therefore  respectfully  recommend 
the  adoption  of  the  subjoined  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  purchase  the  outstanding  thirty- 
three  shares  of  stock  in  the  Union  School  Company  at  New  Haven,  on  the  best 
possible  terms,  and  cause  the  same  to  be  conveyed  to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  due  and 
legal  form  ;  and  that  said  committee  be  authorized  to  draw  orders  on  the  Grand 
Treasurer  for  the  suras  by  them  expended  for  such  purpose,  and  report  their  do- 
ings at  the  next  conmiunication  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

FREDERICK  J.  FENN, 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,     )■  Committee. 

T.  G.  WOODWARD, 


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Which  report  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  adopted  ;  and 
Brs.  Wm,  H.  Ellis,  Wm.  H.  Jones  and  Henry  Peck  were  ap- 
pointed a  comraitte  under  the  resolution. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Bro.  David  Kimberly, 
apologizing  for  not  being  able  to  attend  to  his  duties  as  Grand 
Secretary,  and  declining  further  election. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  year  ensuing ;  the  ballots  having  been  taken, 
the  brethren  hereafter  named  were  declared  to  be  duly  elected 
to  the  several  offices  as  affixed  to  their  names,  respectively,  and 
installed  accordingly,  viz  : 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"      ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  G.  Master  made  the  following  appointments  : 

W.  Br.  William  H.  Holly,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  Gilbert  A.  Smith,  Grand  Marshal. 

Rev.  Bro.  Henry  Stanwood,  Grand  Chaplain. 

'•  AsAHEL  Saunders,     )  ^       ■■  ci^.        a 

"  Elisha  Harrington,  |  ^^^^^  ^*^^^^^^- 

"  LoDOVicus  Stowell,  Grand  Tyler, 


1836.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  487 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  several 
communications  and  pamphlets,  which  he  had  received  from 
other  Grand  Lodges  during  the  past  year ;  which  were  referred 
to  a  committee  consisting  of  Brs.  Wm.  H.  Jones,  Aner  Bradley, 
and  Wm.  H.  Holly. 

A  petition  was  presented  in  behalf  of  Bro.  John  Hotchkiss, 
of  Hart's  Lodge,  No.  22,  Woodbridge,  setting  forth  that  he 
was  "  grievously  tormented,"  having  partially  lost  his  eye-sight, 
and  being  destitute  of  property,  he  was  under  the  necessity  of 
asking  for  charitable  assistance  from  his  brethren.  The  peti- 
tion was  referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of  Brs.  Henry  Peck^ 
John  E.  Jones,  and  Hezekiah  Thomas. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  ad- 
journ to  7  o'clock  this  evening. 


Mai/  nth,  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Grand  Lodge  assembled,  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  to  order  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

A  memorial  was  presented  from  the  W.  Master  of  Fayette 
Lodge,  No.  69,  setting  forth  the  pecuniary  embarrassments  and 
difficulties  of  said  Lodge,  and  praying  the  Grand  Lodge  to  af- 
ford them  relief.  After  some  discussion,  it  was  voted^  that  it 
is  inexpedient  for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  commence  the  business 
of  paying  the  debts  of  the  subordinate  Lodges,  as  the  amount 
of  their  funds  would  not  warrant  them  in  so  doing  ;  and  that 
the  memorialists  have  leave  to  withdraw. 

A  communication  was  received  from  Orient  Lodge,  No.  62, 
East  Hartford,  asking  leave  to  surrender  their  charter  and  re- 
cords to  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  which,  on  motion  of  Bro,  Ozias 
Koberts,  were  accepted,  and  ordered  to  be  placed  in  the  archives 
of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Bro.  F.  J.  Fenn  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  next,  and  annually  thereafter 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  several  subordinate  Lodges  to  furnish  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary with  a  written  statement  of  their  receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  cur- 


488  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

rent  year,  together  with  the  amount  of  funds  on  hand,  and  the  value  of  the  prop- 
erty belonghig  to  the  Lodges  respectively ;  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  report  the 
same  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  its  next  annual  session  thereafter. 

The  Grand  Secretary's  report  on  delinquent  Lodges  was  pre- 
sented and  read,  when,  on  motion  of  P.  G.  M.  Hubbard,  it  was 
voted,  that  the  consideration  thereof  be  postj)oned  till  the  next 
annual  communication,  and  that  the  Gi-and  Secretary  be  direct- 
ed, in  the  mean  time,  to  notify  all  delinquent  Lodges  of  the 
necessity  of  making  regular  returns  and  sending  representatives 
to  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  of  surrendering  their  charters  and  other 
effects,  agreeably  to  the  constitution  and  by-laws. 

Brs.  Roger  Cook,  Phiueas  Lord,  and  George  W.  Noble,  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  inquire  into  the  situation  of  Aurora 
Lodge,  No.  35,  at  Harwinton,  with  a  view  of  ascertaining  the 
correctness  of  a  report  that  their  funds  have  been  improperly 
disposed  of,  and  said  Lodge  illegally  dissolved  ;  the  committee 
to  report  at  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  Br.  John 
Hotchkiss,  asking  for  pecuniary  relief,  reported  that  they  had 
found  the  facts  set  forth  in  said  petition  to  be  correct,  and  re- 
commending a  donation  of  ten  dollars  to  the  petitioner.  The 
report  was  accepted  and  the  donation  granted. 

The  committee  to  whom  Avas  referred  the  communications  re- 
ceived from  other  Grand  Lodges,  submitted  the  following  report, 
which  was  adopted  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  a  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Foreign  Correspond- 
ence of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  past  year,  respectfully  report,  that  they  have 
examined  the  several  documents  handed  them  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  and  find 
nothing  in  them  that  demands  the  action  of  this  Grand  Lodge ;  they  therefore 
propose  the  annexed  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  instructed  to  continue  the  correspond- 
ence with  our  sister  Grand  Lodges,  by  communicating  to  them  the  proceedings  of 
this  Grand  Lodge. 

All  of  which  is  re.spectfuUy  submitted, 

WM.  H.  .TONES,     ) 

ANER  BRADLEY,  \  Committee. 

WM.  H.  HOLLY,     \ 


Bro.  F.  J.  Fenn  offered  for  consideration  the  following  reso- 
lution : 


1836.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  489 

Resolved,  That  at  everj^  annual  communication  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  hereafter, 
immediately  after  the  opening  of  the  same,  the  Grand  Secretary  shall  call  the 
roll  of  subordinate  Lodges,  in  aljjhabetical  order,  and  any  Lodge  neglecting  to 
appear  or  to  answer  at  such  call,  by  its  legal  representative,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
to  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  sum  of dollars. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  consideration  of  the  above  reso- 
lution be  postponed  to  the  next  annual  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  ■••' 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Thomas  Hubbard 
and  Henr}^  Peck,  a  Committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STOKER,  Grand  Secretary. 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  I,  New  Haven— Anson  T.  Colt,  AV.  M.,  Nahum  Flagg,  S.  W.,  Jus- 
tin Redfield,  J.  W.  Initiated — Ebenezer  Allen,  James  A.  Gorham,  John  West- 
cott,  Jr.,  George  W.  Fletcher. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Jonathan  Kilbourn,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Merrils  Ward, 
S.  W.,  Joseph  White,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Richard  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Thos.  Hutchins,  S.W., 
Wm.  Lum,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Harrington, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Roswel  Hoyt,  W.  M.,  James  F.  Henry,  S.  W.,  Isaac 
Quintard,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith,  W.  M.,  James  Stevens,  S.  W., 
Wm.  B.  Betts,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford- John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

COMPASS,  No.  9,  Wallingford— Elisha  M.  Pomeroy,  W.  M.,  Medad  W.  Mun- 
son,  S.  W.,  Friend  Cook,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Roger  Cook,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Buel,  2d,  S.  W., 
Phineas  Lord,  .J.  W. 

*  The  resolution  never  was  called  up  or  acted  upon. 

62 


490  GRAND   LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Darby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  J.  L.  D.  Leaiy,  S.  W., 
L.  D.  Henry,  J.  W. 

FREDERICK  No.  14,  Farmington— LemuelWhitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Austin  Sperry,  W.  M.,  Horace  Foote,  S.  W., 
Samuel  Doolittle,  J.  W. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Blackman,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Blackman,  J.  W, 

WASHINGTON,  No.  19,  Monroe-Lucius  Curtis,  W.M.,  John  Yale,  S.  W., 
George  L.  Sherman,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Hezekiah  Thomas,  W.  M.,  Archibald  A.  Perkins, 
S.  W.,  Daniel  Tolles,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  Chester  Ackley,  S. 
W.,  Oliver  Brainard,  J.  W. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Wm.  Moody,  W.  M.,  J.  H.  St.  John,  S.  W., 
Stiles  Titus,  J.  W. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphrey,  W.  M.,  Luther  Higby,  S.  W., 
Sherman  O.sborn,  J.  W. 

DAYSPRING,  No.  30,  Hamden— Laveret  Hitchcock,  W.  M.,  Charles  B.  Foot, 
S.W.,  Julius  S.  Tolles,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Joshua  Hamilton,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass,  S.W., 
Eleazar  Smith,  J.  W. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  S  )uthington— Ralph  Pearl,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Hitchcock, 
S.  W.,  John  E.  Jones,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danhnry— Wm.  Patch,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  John  Foot,  S.  W.,  Clark 
Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated— George  Wells,  Wm.  A.  StUrr,  Joseph  B.  Foot,  Erastus 
Price,  Morris  King,  Joim  Ferguson,  Rev.  Fordyce  Hitchcock. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Naugatuck— Henry  Hine,  W.  M.,  John  D.  Mears,  S.  W., 
Frederick  A.  Eilis,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Luther  Ravvson,  W.  M.,  Henry  Wells,  S.  W., 
Mowry  Amsbury,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  O.xford— John  M.  Hart,  W.  M.,  Moody  M.  Brown, 
S.  AY.,  Josei)h  Conner,  J.  W.     Initiated — Lenian  Osborn. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Amherst  Scovill,  J.  W. 

WIDOWS  SON,  No.  5.3,  North  Stonington— Joshua  Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Pitts  D, 
Frink,  S.  W.,  John  Brown,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  Pierpont,  W.  M.,  George  D.  Wadhams, 
S.  W.,  James  Green,  J.  W. 


ISSG.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  491 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— William   Hyde,   W.  M.,   Thomas  M.  Brown, 
S.  W.,   Francis  Amy,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No  58,  Barkhamsted— Anson  AVheeler,  W.  M.,  Hira  Case, 
S.  W.,  Chauncey  Munson,  J.  W. 

■WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  Wm.  A.  Adams,  S.  W., 
Alva  Francis.  J.  W. 

TEMPLE,  No.  05,  Westport— Wm.  Burwell,  W.  M.,   David  M.  Marvin,  S.  W., 
John  Baker,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Christopher  Newton,  W.  M.,   Erastus  Williams,  S. 
W.,  Roswel  Allyn,  J.  W. 

FAYETTE,  No.  63,  Ellington— Ebenezer  Smith,  W.  M.,  Horatio  Dow,   S.  W., 
AsaWilley.J.  W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W..  George  Carrie',  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Cole, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Johnson,  J.  W. 


492  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1837. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1837,  A.  L.  5837  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  I 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

"       LUTHER  RAWSON,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"       MARCUS  BASSETT,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"       ASAHEL  SAUNDERS,  Grand  Steward. 

"       LODOVICUS  STOWELL,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES    OF   LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Thomas  G.  Woodward,  Marcus 

Bassett,  Samuel  Bishop. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Asa  Richardson. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2cl,  George  Put- 
nam, Benoni  A.  Shepherd. 
No.  10,  Wooster,    Colchester — Newhall   Tainter,    Joshua   B. 

'  Wheeler. 
No.  11,  St  Paul's,  Litchfield — Phineas  Lord. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 
No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Silas  Hoadley. 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Archihald  A.  Perkins. 
No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer,  David  Baldwin, 
No.  24,  Uriel,  Mansfield — Don  F.  Brigham. 


1837.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  493 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastonbury — Ezra  Dayton. 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Calvin  Chapman. 

No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Hermon  Chapin. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.  Brainard. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — Samuel  Hitchcock. 

No.  34,  Somerset,  Norwich — Asa  Child. 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston— David  Patchin. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Frederick  S.  Wildman. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Joel  C.  Sherman. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Naugatuck — Frederick  A.  Ellis. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Woodstock — Luther  Kawson,  Aaron  Corbin, 

Mowry  Amsbury. 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Chauncey  M.  Hatch. 
No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — Czar  Jones. 
No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Simon  House,  Ransford  Button. 
No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nelson  C.  Daniels. 
No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont,  James  Green. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 
No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Wm.  Hyde,  Benjamin  Pomeroy. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  Wm.  Adams. 
No.  65,  Temple,  Westport — Lewis  Raymond. 
No.  67,  Harmony,  New  Canaan — Samuel  Raymond. 
No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — John  0.  Miner. 
No.  69,  Fayette,  Ellington— Asa  Willey. 
No.  72,  LaFayette,  Fairfield — George  Peck. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  appointed  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  the  chair,  and  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  and  ample  form. 

The  auditing  committee  submitted  the  following  report,  and 
it  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  animal  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  forty-five  dollars  and  forty-two  cents ;  and  that  there  has  been  conveyed  to 
said  Grand  Lodge  twenty-five  shares  of  stock  in  the  Union  School  House,  at  New 


494  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Haven,  which  cost  sixteen  dollars  per  share,  amounting  to  four  hundred  dollars, 
making  the  total  amount  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  two  thousand  one  hun- 
dred fortj--fivo  dollars  and  forty-two  cents. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

THOMAS  HUBBARD,  )  ^ 
HENRY  PECK,  ]  Committee. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  to  purchase  Union  School  House  Stock  made  a 
report  in  the  following  words,  viz : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  undersigned,  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of 
Connecticut,  at  the  annual  conmiunication  thereof  in  May  last,  to  jiurchase  shares 
in  the  stock  of  the  Union  School  House  at  New  Haven,  beg  leave  to  make  report, 
that  they  liave  purchased  twenty-five  shares  of  the  same  at  si.xteen  dollars  per 
share,  making  the  expenditure  therefor  four  hundred  dollars,  for  wliich  sum  they 
have  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer  of  the  Grand  Lodce.  There  are  now  outstanding 
eight  shares  of  said  stock,  not  belonging  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  to  either  of  the 
Masonic  Orders  in  New  Haven,  which  eight  shares  the  committee  think  they  may 

yet  obtain. 

WILLIAM  H.  JONES,) 

HENRY  PECK,  V  Committee. 

WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  ) 

New  Haven,  May  8,  1837. 


On  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Crawford,  voted,  that  the  report  be 
approved  and  accepted. 

Bro.  Child  submitted  the  following  resolution,^  which  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  committee  appointed  last  year  to  purchase  shares  in  Union 
School  House,  be  authorized  to  purchase  the  remaining  eight  shares,  or  any  part 
thereof,  if  they  shall  think  proper,  in  behalf  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  draw  on 
the  Grand  Treasurer  for  the  expense  of  the  same. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  to  investigate  the  affairs  and  situation  of 
Aurora  Lodge,  No.  35,  made  a  report  in  the  following  words  : 

The  subscribers  having  been  appointed  a  committee  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut,  at  their  annual  communication  in  New  Haven,  in  May,  1836, 
to  investigate  the  doings  of  x\urora  Lodge,  No.  35,  located  in  Harwinton,  beg  leave 
to  report,  that  on  the  3d  day  of  March,  1837,  we  repaired  to  the  Lodge  Room  of 
said  Aurora  Lodge,  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Wm.  0.  Abernethy,  in  said  Harwinton, 
and  by  him  were  shown  the  books  and  proceedings  of  said  Lodge,  in  which  we 
find  the  following  record,  viz  : 


1837.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  495 

"  At  a  meeting  of  Aurora  Lodcre,  No.  35,  held  at  Harwington,  Jan.  15,  1833, 
voted  tliat  we  divide  five  liundred  dollars  of  the  fund.s  of  said  Lod£te  equally  among 
the  members  residing  within  its  limits.  The  W.  Master  then  distributed  ac(;ord- 
ing  to  the  above  vote.  Voted,  that  we  appropriate  ten  dollars  for  the  relief  of  the 
widow  of  our  late  Bro.  A.  Andrews. 

June  27,  1838 — At  an  annual  meeting  of  Aurora  Lodge,  voted,  that  Joel  G. 
Candee  be  W.  Master  ;  Jacob  0.  Catlin,  S.  Warden  ;  Wm.  S.  Goodsell,  J.  Warden  ; 
Wm.  C.  Abernethy,  Treasurer;  Oliver  Pettibone,  Secretary.  Voted,  that  Joel  G. 
Candee,  Jacob  0.  Cat'in,  and  Wm.  S.  Goodsell  be  a  committee  to  investisiate  the 
accounts  of  the  former  Treasurer,  and  pay  over  into  the  hands  of  Wm.  C.  Aber- 
nethy, Treasurer,  the  funds  of  said  Lodge,  and  settle  all  Lodge  accounts." 

The  Lodge  after  dividing  the  above  five  hundred  dollars,  voted,  that  forty  dol- 
lars be  distributed  to  two  other  brethren.  The  balance  of  the  funds  of  said  Lodge, 
after  dividing  as  above,  came  into  the  hands  of  Joel  G.  Candee,  one  of  the  Inves- 
tigating Committee,  being  one  hundred  and  eighty-four  dollars  and  nii.ety-one 
cents,  and  said  Candee  left  said  town,  and  has  not  paid  the  same  over  to  the 
Treasurer.     All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

ROGER  COOK,      ) 
PHINEAS  LORD,}  Committee. 
G.  W.  NOBLE,       ) 

Litchfield,  April  27,  1837. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  report  be  accepted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Offi- 
cers for  the  ensuing  year  ;  Brs.  Crawford  and  Lord  being  ap- 
pointed tellers.  Ballots  being  taken,  sorted  and  counted,  the 
following  brethren  were  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed 
to  their  names,  to  wit : 

M.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Grand  Master. 

K.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  elect  then  made  the  following  ap- 
pointments, viz : 

Bro.  William  H.  Holly,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Deacon, 
Rev.  Daniel  Burhans,  Grand  Chaplain. 

Asa  Budington, 

Samuel  Bishop, 

Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 


^'  >  Grand  Stewards, 


496  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  a 
communication  from  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  in  the  following 
words,  viz  : 

At  a  regular  communication  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  held  at  Masonic  Hall,  in 
New  Haven,  April  6,  o8;j7,  on  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Henry  C.  Flagg,  it  was  unani- 
mously 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Lodge,  it  is  i)roper  and  expedient  to  have 
a  general  celebration  of  the  Festival  of  St  John  the  Baptist,  in  June  next. 

Resolved,  That  in  the  opinion  of  this  Lodge,  the  celebration  should  be  got  up 
by  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  such  place  as  they  may  order. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  these  resolutions  to  the  several 
Lodges  in  this  State,  and  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Extracted  from  the  minutes,  F.  CROSWELL,  Secretary. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  communication  from  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  1,  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  members  of  this  Grand 
Lodge,  to  report  this  evening,  and  that  said  committee  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  chair. 

Brs.  Crawford,  G.  Peck,  and  Lord,  were  appointed  on  said 
committee. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  several  letters  and  commu- 
nications received  during  the  year  past  from  other  Grand  Lodges, 
which  were  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspon- 
dence, consisting  of  Brs.  Raymond,  House,  and  Goodwin. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  no  returns  or  representa- 
tations  were  received  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  from  thirty-one  of  the  subordinate  Lodges. 

Bro.  Marcus  Bassett  introduced  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  make  immediate  inquiry,  by 
correspondence  or  otherwise,  into  the  situation  of  such  Lodges  under  the  juris- 
diction of  this  Grand  Lodge,  as  have  made  no  returns  for  several  years  past, 
agreeably  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  that  he  be 
directed  to  take  measures  to  obtain  the  charters,  furniture  and  funds  of  said 
Lodges,  and  report  his  doings  under  this  resolution  to  the  next  annual  communi- 
cation of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  resolution  was  referred  to  a  committee  of  five  members, 
consisting  of  Brs.  Henry  Peck,  Buddington,  Bassett,  Corbin, 
and  Goodwin. 

Bro.  William  Hyde,  W.  M.  of  Asylum  Lodge,  No.  57,  Ston- 
ington,  presented  the  memorial  of  that  Lodge,  setting  forth  that 


1837.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  497 

tliey  had  unfortunately  suffered  the  loss  of  their  furniture, 
charter,  &c.,  by  fire,  in  a  conflagration  with  which  their  village 
had  been  visited  during  the  past  year,  and  praying  the  Grand 
Lodsre  to  g-rant  them  a  new  charter. 

Bro.  Asa  Child  moved  that  the  prayer  of  petition  be  granted, 
and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  furnish  Asylum 
Lodge  with  a  new  charter  at  the  expense  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 
The  motion  was  carried  unanimously. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  in  the  evening. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  10. 

At  7  o'clock  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  to  order  by  the  R. 
W.  Deputy  Grand  Master,  and  resumed  labor. 

The  committee  on  the  communication  from  Hiram  Lodge, 
No.  1,  made  a  report  in  the  following  words,  viz  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  to  wliom  was  referred  the  consideration  of  the  resolutions  of 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  respecting  a  general  celebration  of  the  next  anniversary  of 
the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  have  considered  the  same,  and  respectfully 
report,  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  committee,  it  is  inexpedient  for  the  Grand  Lodge 
to  make  any  order  in  relation  to  the  subject.     In  behalf  of  the  committee, 

I.  W.  CRAWFORD,  Chairman. 
Hartford,  May  10,  A.  L.  5837; 

On  motion,  voted  that  the  report  be  approved  and  accepted. 
The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  made  a  report  in 
the  following  words  : 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  Foreign  Correspondence  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  for  the  past  year,  report,  that  they  have  examined  the  several  documents 
handed  them  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  and  finding  nothing  in  them  commanding 
the  particular  attention  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  they  recommend  the  subjoined  reso- 
lution : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  acknowledge  the  courtesy 
of  the  several  Grand  Lodges  who  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  and 
reciprocate  the  same  by  communicating  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

S.  RAYMOND,        ) 
S.  HOUSE,  V  Committee, 

H.  GOODWIN,  2d, ) 
New  Hav«),  May  10,  1837. 

63 


498  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  report  be  accepted  and  the  reso- 
tion  adopted. 

The  Grand  Lodge  proceeded  to  consider  the  subject  of  delin- 
quent Lodges,  when  satisfactory  apologies  and  excuses  were 
made  in  the  behalf  of  the  following  Lodges,  and  the  penalty  in 
their  respective  cases  were  remitted,  to  wit  :  Wooster,  No.  10, 
Uriel,  No.  24,  Morning  Star,  No.  18,  Aurora,  No.  35,  St.  Al- 
ban's,  No.  38,  Ark,  No.  39,  Federal,  No.  41,  Jerusalem,  No.  49, 
Franklin,  No.  51,  Harmony,  No.  56,  Lafayette,  No.  72. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution  of  Bro. 
Bassett,  relative  to  revoking  the  charters  of  such  Lodges  as  had 
ceased  to  make  returns  to  the  Grrand  Lodge,  made  a  report  re- 
commending the  adoption  of  the  resolution. 

After  considerable  interesting  discussion,  the  resolution  was 
amended  on  motion  of  Bro.  Lord,  by  the  substitution  of  the 
following  : 

Resolved,  That  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  be  authorized  and  requested  to  appoint 
such  committee  as  he  shall  think  proper,  to  visit  such  Lodges  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  this  Grand  Lodge,  as  have  made  no  returns  for  the  last  two  or  more  years, 
with  a  view  to  ascertain  their  respective  situations,  and  that  said  committees  be 
instructed  to  assist  such  Lodges  as  may  require  it,  in  resuming  their  labors  ;  and 
to  receive  the  charters,  furniture,  funds,  «fcc.,  of  such  as  may  be  disposed  to  sur- 
render them,  and  make  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  next  annual  communi- 
cation. 

The  amendment  was  accepted  and  the  resolution  adopted  : 
The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and 

Frederick  Croswell,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 

Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

Attest,  E.  G.  STORER,  Gh-and  Secretary. 


1837.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  499 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Anson  T.  Colt,  W.  M.,  Marcus  Bassett,  S.  W., 
Josiah  Brinsmade,  J.  W.  Initiated — Knight  Reed,  Samuel  Brown,  Anthony  de 
Fontaine,  Alexander  Storer,  Jacob  Straut,  Wm.  S.  Taylor,  Anon  Bradley,  Temple 
B.  Mix,  F.  Croswell,  Henry  T.  Huggins,  G.  S.  Gilbert,  Appolonaire  Husson,  John 
A.  Myers,  Wm.  A.  Bristol,  Edward  A.  Mitchell,  Loyal  Dudley,  Samuel  Bishop, 
Allan  N.  Smith,  Wm.  F.  Tolles,  George  Beckwith,  James  H.  Llewellin,  Thomas 
Atwater. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Caleb  Miller,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Corey,  S.  W., 
Asa  Richardson,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Putnam, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— James  Stevens,  W.  M.,  William  B.  Betts,  S.  W., 
A.  E.  Smith,  J.  W.     Initiated — Lewis  Goodsell. 

KING  SOLOxMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Benjamin  Doolittle,  W.  M.,  W.  H.  At- 
wood,  S.  W.,  John  M.  Saflford,  J.  W.     Initiated— Wm.  Curtis. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.  W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

WOOSTER,  No.  10,  Colchester— N.  Tainter,  W.  M.,  A.  Morgan,  S.  W.,  A.  B. 
Pierce,  J,  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S, 
W.,  Charles  Jones,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  James  S.  Green,  S.  W., 
.James  Donnelly,  J.  W.  Initiated — Crounage  Lounsbury,  Noyes  Prince,  Lewis 
Spencer,  J.  B.  Spencer,  Wm.  G.  Smith,  Alva  Davis,  John  W.  French,  George  T, 
Sharpe.     Expelled — Noyes  Prince. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  H.  Cowles,  S.  W., 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Austin  Sperry,  W.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  W., 
Samuel  Hickcox,  J.  W. 

HART^S,  No.  22,  Bethany— A.  A.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  S.  W., 
Major  Lounsbury,  J.  W. 

URIEL,  No.  24,  Mansfield— Don  F.  Brigham,  W.  M.,  Uriah  Brigham,  S.  W., 
Artemas  Fletcher,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Solomon  Terry,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Calvin 
Chapman,  S.  W.,  Levi  Lord,  J.  W. 

VILLAGE.  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphreys,  W.  M.,  Luther  Higby,  S.  W., 
Sherman  Osborn,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Nathaniel  S.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass, 
S.  W.,  JohD  N.  Wheeler,  J.  W. 


500  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Ralph  Pearl,  W.  M.,  John  E.  Jones,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Hitchcock,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— John  Foot,  W.  M.,  E.  S.  Boughton,  S.  W.,  Clark 
Smith,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wm.  Simons,  Daniel  S.  Brown,  Nathan  C.  Goodsel,  Jo- 
seph L.  Wheeler. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfleld— Joel  O.  Sherman,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Lake,  S.  W. 
Ira  Keeler,  J.  W.     Initiated — Edwin  A.  Lacey. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Naugatuck— Henry  W.  Spencer,  W.  M.,  F.  A.  Ellis,  S.  W., 
Leonard  L.  Dougal,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  "Woodstock— Luther  Rawson,  W.  M.,  Henry  Wells,  S.  W., 
Mowry  Amsbury,  J.  W.     Initiated — John  T.  Wait. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— David  M.  Clark,  W.  M.,  Charles  Ransom, 
S.  W.,  John  M.  Hart,  J.  W.  Initiated — Ransom  Tomlinson,  David  J.  McEwin, 
Mark  Wooster. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Philip  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Walter  Dauchy,  S. 
W.,  Hezekiah  Scott,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Amherst  Scovill,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Nathaniel  C.  Smith,  S, 
W.,  Hiram  Barton,  J.  W.     Initiated — Charles  Foot. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  Pierpoint,  W.  M.,  George  D.  Wadhams, 
S.  W.,  James  Green,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W., 
Asa  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  W.,  Thos. 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkharasted— Hira  Case,  W.  M.,  Chauncey  Mun- 
son,  S.  W.,  Owen  Case,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  William  Adams,  S.  W., 
Wm.  Gladding,  J.  W.  Initiated — Sanford  Squire,  Lorenzo  G.  Winter,  Clark  B. 
Hawes. 

TEMPLE,  No.  65,  Westport— Wm.  Burwell,  W.  M.,  D.  M.  Merwin,  S.  W.,  John 
Baker,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Roswell  Allen,  S.  W., 
John  Lee,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

LAFAYETTE,  No.  72,  Fairfield— Sturges  Thorp,  W.  M.,  Bradley  Dimon,  S.  W., 
David  B.  Perry,  J.  W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  George  Carriel,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Nathan  John- 
son, S.  W.,  Elisha  Branch,  J.  W. 


1838.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  501 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1838. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Mod:  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  9th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5838  : 

OFFICEES  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  THOMAS  HUBBARD,  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 
R.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       ANER  BRADLEY,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary 
Bro.    HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Senior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"       WILLIAM  STORER,  Jr.,  Junior  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"      ASA  BUDINGTON,  ^  n      ^  q.        a 

"       SAMUEL  BISHOP,  \  ^'^""^  Stewards. 

"       ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Justin  Redfield,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr., 
Frederick  Croswell. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Wm.  Lum,  Joseph  G.  Nichols. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Solomon 
Porter,  Edward  Benjamin. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — James  Stevens. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Benjamin  Doolittle,  Mitch- 
ell S.  Mitchell. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Newhall  Taintor,  Jos.  Wheeler. 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield — Samuel  Buel,  2d,  Phineas  Lord. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Hiram  Upson. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 


502  GRAND    LODGE   OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Abijah  Flagg. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Hezekiah  Thomas. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Henry  Dayton. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  East  Haddam-^Nehemiah  Dickinson. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.   Brainard,  Thomas  S. 

Perkins. 
No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Wm.  Patch,  Jr. 
No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Henry  Buggies. 
No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Wm.  H.  Hine. 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — John  M.  Hart,  Samuel  Wire. 
No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Timothy  Dimock. 
No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — John  D.  Gallup. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 
No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Samuel  F.  Denison. 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Anson  Wheeler,  Chaun- 

cey  Munson. 
No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield — Luther  Loomis,  John  P.  Ingraham. 
No.  66,  Widow'  Son,  Branford — Merrit  Foot,  Calvin  Frisbie. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Isaac  Perkins. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  designated  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  P.  Grand  Master  Hubbard  took  the  chair, 
and  a  quorum  being  present,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in 
due  form,  and  with  solemn  prayer. 

The  Grand  Secretary  read  a  communication  from  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  Bro.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  apologizing  for  non-attend- 
ance at  the  present  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  con- 
sequence of  necessary  absence  from  the  State,  and  expressing  a 
wish  not  to  be  considered  a  candidate  for  re-election  ;  also,  in- 
forming the  Grand  Lodge  that  he  had,  during  the  past  year, 
in  obedience  to  a  resolution  passed  at  the  last  annual  communi- 
cation, appointed  Brs.  Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  E.  G.  Storer,  Ste- 
phen Deming,  Phineas  Lord,  and  Lucius  Tyler,  a  committee  to 
visit  and  correspond  with  the  several  delinquent  Lodges  in  this 
State,  with  a  view  of  ascertaining  their  situation  and  prospects, 


1838,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  503 

and  had  requested  said  committee  to  report  their  doings  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  at  this  communication. 

The  communication  from  the  Grand  Master  was  accepted  and 
ordered  to  be  placed  on  file. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust  the  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for  the  past  year,  having  attended  to  that 
duty,  do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  they  also  find  in  the 
hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer,  in  cash,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighteen 
dollars  and  fifty-five  cents,  and  twenty-six  shares  of  Union  School  stock,  valued 
at  $16  a  share,  amounting  to  $416  dollars;  making  the  total  amount  of  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  $2,134,55. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  PECK,  >  ^         .„ 

FRED'K  CROSWELL,  \  ^'^'>^^^««' 

The  following  reports  were  received  from  the  several  members 
of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master  to  visit  and 
correspond  with  delinquent  Lodges  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  a  committee,  under  a  resolve  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  passed  at 
their  last  session,  to  visit  certain  delinquent  Lodges,  begs  leave  to  report,  that  he 
has  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  him,  as  far  as  practicable,  and  is  happy  to  say, 
that  Eastern  Star  Lodge,  No.  44,  Windham,  is  in  a  comparatively  flourishing  con- 
dition, have  regular  quarterly  meetings,  and  appear  zealously  interested  for  the 
welfare  of  Masonry.  Said  Lodge  forwarded  returns  last  year,  but  owing  to  some 
unforeseen  contingency,  they  were  not  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary.  Their 
returns  for  the  present  year  are  forwarded  by  your  committee, 

Moriah  Lodge,  No.  15,  Canterbury,  after  a  temporary  suspension,  has  again 
commenced  holding  regular  meetings,  and  the  members  have  pledged  their  word 
to  your  committee,  that  their  returns  for  the  present  year  shall  be  forwarded  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  in  due  time. 

St.  James'  Lodge,  No.  23,  Preston,  have  had  meetings  and  reorganized,  after  a 
suspension  of  two  or  three  years.  They  seem  unwilling  to  surrender  their  char- 
ter, and  have  strong  hopes  that  they  shall  yet  see  better  days.  Their  returns  are 
also  forwarded  by  your  committee. 

Your  committee  would  respectfully  recommend  that  the  penalties  which  the 
above  Lodges  have  incurred  be  remitted. 

Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34,  Norwich,  your  committee  found  it  impossible  to  get 


504  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  U^^j) 

together.  They  have  had  to  encounter  strong  opposition  from  anti-masonry,  and 
although  tlieir  prospect  of  recommencing  operations  is  not  very  flattering,  yet 
individual  members  express  an  unwillingness  to  give  up  their  charter;  and  your 
committee  would  recommend  that  notice  be  given  said  Lodge  to  show  cause,  at 
the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  why  their  charter  should 
not  be  revoked. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

LUCIUS  TYLER,  Committee. 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut: 

We,  the  undersigned,  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master,  to  visit  or 
correspond  with  the  Lodges  in  Litchfield  County  which  have  made  no  returns  for 
the  last  two  years,  and  to  assist  them  in  resuming  labor,  or  to  receive  their  char- 
ters, furniture,  funds,  &c., — beg  leave  to  report, — that  soon  after  receiving  our 
said  appointment,  which  was  dated  Jan.  1,  1838,  your  committee  conversed  with 
brethren  of  the  several  Lodges  referred  to,  who  gave  your  committee  to  under- 
stand that  they  would  attend  to  the  business  of  reorganizing  and  making  returns, 
or  surrender  their  charters,  and  would  communicate  with  your  committee  in  time 
to  report  at  this  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  but  your  committee  have  the  un- 
pleasant duty  of  stating,  that  in  no  instance  have  such  reports  been  made  to 
your  committee,  and  they  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  great  excitement  in  the 
State  has  been  the  cause  of  the  failure,  and  not  any  want  of  respect  for  the  or- 
ders or  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge;  and  your  committee  would  respectfully  sug- 
gest, that  further  time  be  allowed  them  to  discharge  their  duties  to  themselves 
and  to  the  Grand  Lodge.    Which  is  respectfully  submitted  by 

STEPHEN  DEMING, 


PHINEAS  LORD,        '  (^'^'^^**^^- 

To  the  M.  W,  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  a  committee  to  visit 
certain  delinquent  Lodges  in  the  County  of  Hartford,  begs  leave  to  report,  that 
Harmony  Lodge,  No.  20,  Berlin,  Columbia,  No.  25,  Glastenbury,  Washington,  No. 
70,  Windsor,  Apollo,  No.  59,  Suffield,  and  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Simsbury,  hereto- 
fore delinquent,  have  all  elected  officers  for  the  present  year,  and  promised  to 
make  returns  and  be  represented  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  approaching  annual 
communication.  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d. 

Hartford,  May  1st,  5838. 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  visit  and  communicate  with  delin- 
quent Lodges  in  the  Counties  of  New  Haven,  Fairfield  and  Middlesex,  would  re- 
port as  follows : — That  he  has  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  him,  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable, and  has  the  satisfaction  to  state,  that  most  of  the  Lodges  with  which  he 
has  communicated  are  anxious  to  resume  labor,  and  several  have  already  reorgan- 
ized, and  will  appear  at  the  present  communication  by  representation,  and  make 
regular  returns.  But  in  some  cases,  where  there  is  no  hope  of  revival,  the  char- 
ters have  been  taken  up ;  and  the  undersigned  would  respectfully  recommend 
that  the  charters  of  the  following  Lodges  be  revoked,  viz :  Compass,  No.  9,  Wal- 


1838.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  505 

lingford,  Temple,  No.  16,  Cheshire,   St.  Albans,  No.  38,  Guilford,  Mount  Olive, 
No.  52,  Saybrook,  Harmony,  No.  67,  Canaan. 

Your  committee  would  also  recommend  that  one  year  from  this  time  be  allowed 
the  following  Lodges  to  show  cause  why  their  charters  should  not  be  revoked : — ■ 
Union,  No.  5,  Stamford,  Washington,  No.  19,  Monroe,  and  Dayspring,  No.  30, 
Hamden. 

Your  committee  would  further  recommend  that  the  following  Lodges,  which 
have  heretofore  been  delinquent,  but  have  now  made  regular  returns,  be  exempt 
from  all  former  ])enalties,  viz  : — St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport,  Hiram,  No.  18, 
Newtown,  Columbia,  No.  26,  Haddani,  Widow's  Son,  No.  66,  Branford. 

The  charters  of  Compass  Lodge,  No.  9,  and  Temple  Lodge,  No.  16,  have  been 
surrendered,  and  are  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Grand  Secretary. 

Respectfully  submitted,  E.  G.  STORER. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Wm.  Storer,  Jr.,  it  was  voted,  that  the 
several  reports  of  the  committee  a23pointed  to  visit  and  corres- 
pond with  delinquent  Lodges  be  accepted,  and  referred  to  a  spe- 
cial committee,  to  report  what  Lodges  should  be  required  to 
surrender  their  charters,  and  to  recommend  such  other  action  as 
they  may  deem  expedient.  It  was  ordered,  that  said  committee 
consist  of  five  members  ;  whereupon,  the  following  brethren 
were  nominated  and  appointed  : — A.  C.  Babcock,  Asa  Buding- 
ton,  Marcus  Bassett,  H.  Goodwin,  2d,  Wra.  Storer,  Jr. 

A  petition  was  presented  by  Bro.  William  Patch,  in  behalf 
of  Bro.  Czar  Taylor,  a  member  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  40,  Dan- 
bury,  praying  for  pecuniary  assistance,  he  being  represented  as 
in  distressed  circumstances.  The  petition  was  referred  to  a 
committee,  consisting  of  Brs.  Wm.  Patch,  Phineas  Lord,  and 
John  M.  Hart. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  various  communications  and 
documents,  which  had  been  received  during  the  past  year  from 
Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  the  British  Provinces,  and 
Europe  ;  all  of  which  were  referred  to  a  Committee  on  Foreign 
Correspondence,  consisting  of  Brs.  Lucius  Tyler,  H.  Goodwin, 
2d,  and  Frederick  Croswell. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  will  go  into 
an  election  for  the  choice  of  officers,  at  7  o'clock  this  evening  ; 
and  that  we  now  adjourn  to  that  hour. 

64 


506  GBAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

May  dth,  7  o'clock,  P.  M. 

The  Grand  Lodge  assembled,  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  to  order  by  the  M.  W.  P.  Grand  Master. 

Tellers  were  appointed,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  proceeded  to 
the  choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

The  ballots  were  then  received  and  counted,  and  the  follow- 
brethren  declared  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed  to 
their  respective  names,  and  were  subsequently  installed  in  due 
form,  viz: 

M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
E.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden, 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

''       ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  M.  W.  G.  Master  made  the  following  appointments  : 

W.  Br.  AvEKY  C.  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
''         Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Junior  Grand  Deacon, 
Rev.  Br.  Daniel  Burhans,  Grand  Chaplain. 

N,    j 

Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 


;;     ASAHEL  Saunders,     c.  (^r^nd  Stewards. 
"     William  D.  Eaton, 


The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  made  the  follow- 
ing report  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Cojinecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Foreign  Correspondence  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  for  the  past  year,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  they  have  examined  the  several 
documents  handed  to  them,  and  find  nothing  in  them  commanding  the  particular 
attention  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  excepting  the  annexed  communications  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York : 

"  GRAND  LODGE  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  ) 

Grand  Secretary's  Office,  Sept.  18,  1837.  ] 
"  Brethren, — You  will  please  take  notice,  and  communicate  to  the  Masonic 
Fraternity  as  extensively  as  possible,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New 
York  hasexpelled,  for  unmasonic  conduct,  William  F.  Piatt,  Past  Master  of  La 
Fayette  Lodge,  No.  373  ;  Henry  C.  Atwood,  Master  of  York  Lodge,  No.  867  ;  John 
Bennett,  Master  of  Benevolent  Lodge,  No.  142;  AVilliam  Cnscaden,  Past  Master 
of  the  same;  Orlando  Warren,  Master  of  Silentia  Lodge,  No.  360;  Henry  Wea- 
ver, Senior  Warden  of  the  same ;  Samuel  Jones,  Senior  Warden  of  LaFayette 


ISSS.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  507 

Lodge,  No.  373.  That  the  warrant  of  York  Lodge,  No.  367,  has  been  declared 
forfeited,  void,  and  of  no  further  effect,  and  the  oflScers  and  members  expelled, 
for  creating  a  confusion  and  disturbance  in  the  fraternitj',  subversive  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Order,  and  injurious  to  its  prosperity  and  character,  by  a  violation 
of  duty  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

"I  have  further  to  give  notice,  that  the  aforesaid  expelled  Masons  have  banded 
together,  and  being  countenanced  and  aided  by  certain  other  persons,  have  ex- 
pressed their  determination  to  form  themselves  and  their  associates  into  a  Grand 
Lodge.  From  the  stations  which  several  of  them  have  held,  they  have  the  war- 
rants of  the  Lodges  in  their  possession,  which  they  refuse  to  surrender.  They 
retain  their  stations,  and  refuse  to  submit  to  the  authority  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
excluding  by  their  presence  those  meml)ers  of  said  Lodges  who  will  not  violate 
their  duty  and  their  conscience  by  sitting  with  expelled  Masons,  and  others  who 
will  not  countenance  them  in  their  willful  and  unlawful  proceedings. 

"  This,  therefore,  is  to  warn  all  faithful  brethren,  especially  the  officers  and 
members  of  other  Grand  Lodges,  and  sojtjurners  from  abroad,  that  they  may  not 
be  misled,  or  innocently  countenance  '  innovations  in  the  body  of  Masonry,'  nor 
the  '  removal  of  the  ancient  landmarks.' 

"  I  am  fraternally  yours,  JAMES  HERRING,   G.  Secretary:' 

"  jVezt'  To7-k,  December  7,  1837. 
"  I  have  been  directed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York  to  inform 
the  Lodges  under  its  jurisdiction,  and  all  the  Grand  Lodges,  and  to  warn  them 
against  imposition,  that  there  is  a  clandestine  Lodge  established  in  this  city,  de- 
nominated '■'■  St.  John's  Grand  Lodge"  composed  of  expelled  Masons  and  their 
associates.  In  addition  to  this,  the  fraternity  are  cautioned  against  holding  any 
intercourse  with  the  following  clandestine  Lodges  : — Benevolent,  No.  142,  the  old 
warrant  of  which  has  been  annulled  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  it  being  retained  and 
used  by  expelled  Masons  ;  Silentia  Lodge,  No.  360,  the  same ;  York  Lodge,  No. 
367,  the  same  ;  Munn  Longe,  reported  to  be  held  somewhere  in  the  city  of  New 
York:  Fidelity  Lodge,  the  same;  Mount  Liban  Lodge,  held  at  Port-au-Prince, 
Hayti'.  JAMES  HERRING.   Grand  Secretary." 

Your  committee  would  respectfully  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following 
resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York  should  be  sttstained 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  and  that  no  communication  should  be  held 
with  the  expelled  or  clandestine  Masons,  or  with  their  miscalled  "  Saint  JohrVs 
Grand  Lodge." 

Resolved,  That  our  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  reciprocate  the  courtesy  of 
the  several  Grand  Lodges  that  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  by 
transmitting  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted, 

LUCIUS  TYLER, 

H.  GOODWIN,  2d,  \  Committee. 

F.  CROSWELL, 


2d,  ^ 


On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  Foreign  Correspondence  be  approved  and  accepted,  the  ac- 
companying resolutions  adopted,  and  the  report  published  in 
full,  with  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  several  reports  of 
the  brethren  appointed  by  the  M,  W,  Grand  Master,  to  visit  or 
correspond  with  delinquent  Lodges,  reported  as  follows  : 


508  GRAND   LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

The  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges  have  attended  to  the  duties  assigned  to 
them,  and  do  find  that  the  following  Lodges,  according  to  the  by-laws  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  have  forfeited  their  charters  ;  and  your  committee,  in  ])ursuance  of 
the  duties  of  their  appointment,  feel  bound  to  recommend  that  said  Lodges  be 
required  to  surrender  their  charters  forthwith,  viz; — Montgomery,  No.  13,  Salis- 
bury; St.  Peter's,  No.  21,  New  Milford ;  Meridian  Sun,  No.  32,  Warren  ;  Somer- 
set, No.  34,  Norwich  ;  St.  Mark's,  No.  36,  Simsbury  ;  Western  Star,  No.  37,  Nor- 
folk ;  St.  Alban's,  No.  38,  Guilford ;  St.  Luke's,  No.  48,  Kent ;  Mount  Olive,  No. 
52,  Essex;  Hamilton,  No.  54,  Sharon;  Olive  Branch,  No.  61,  Goshen  ;  St.  An- 
drews, No.  64,  Winsted;  Washington,  No.  70,  Windsor;  Blazing  Star,  No.  74, 
Cornwall.  And  your  committee  would  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following 
resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  the  charters  of  the  above  named  Lodges  be  and  they  are  hereby 
revoked,  and  declared  to  be  null  and  void,  they  having  failed  for  several  years  to 
comply  with  the  by-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Master  is  hereby  empowered  to  grant  dispensations, 
until  the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  any  of  the  above 
named  Lodges,  if  in  his  opinion  the  interests  of  Masonry  require  it. 

Resolved,  That  those  Lodges  which  have  heretofore  been  delinquent,  and  have 
made  regular  returns  at  this  Grand  Communication,  be  excused  from  the  pay- 
ment of  all  former  penalties  for  delinquency. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

A.  C.  BABCOCK,     ] 

ASA  BUDINGTON, 

MARCUS  BASSET,  [Committee. 

H.  GOODWIN,  2d, 

WM.  STOKER,  Jr. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolutions  sev- 
erally adopted. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  Bro. 
Czar  Taylor  of  Danbury,  reported  a  resolution  granting  him  a 
donation  of  twenty-five  dollars,  which  was  passed. 

Bro.  Storer  offered  the  following  resolution,  and  it  was  unan- 
imously adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  tendered  to  M.  W.  William 
H.  Ellis,  for  the  faithful  manner  in  which  he  has  discharged  the  duties  of  Grand 
Master  for  three  years  past. 

W,  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and  Frederick  Croswell  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 
E.  G.  STOKER,  Grand  Secretary. 


1838.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  509 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Justin  Redfield,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr.,  S.  W., 
Henry  T.  Hug^ins,  J.  W^  Initiated — Edward  E.  Huggins,  James  E.  Uhlhorn, 
Wm.  E.  Sanford,  Elijah  Gilbert,  Jr.,  Lewis  Rowe,  Horace  F.  Mallary,  Leonard 
Chamberlin,  George  E.  Blakeslee,  Warren  Potter.  Burr  Nash. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Wm.  Lum,  W.  M.,  Joseph  C.  Nichols,  S.  W., 
Elias  Hodge,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Putnam, 
S.  W.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— James  Stevens,  W.  M.,  William  B.  Betts,  S.  W., 
Asa  E.  Smith,  J.  W.     Expelled — Wm.  Lockwood,  Samuel  W.  Knapp. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Benjamin  Doolittle,  AV.  M.,  Washing- 
ton H.  Atwood,  S.  W.,  James  Manvel,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wm.  H.  Hunter,  Chas. 
S.  Peck,  Harry  Candee,  David  Hotchkiss,  Charles  H.  Webb,  Benjamin  N.  Shel- 
ton,  Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Edwin  Hull,  Edgar  Bottsford,  Elmore  Judson,  James 
M.  Grannis,  Lucius  Ives,  Henry  A.  Hull,  Chauncey  Mettleton. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S. 
W.,  Charles  Jones,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derbj-— Hiram  Upson,  W.  M.,  John  L.  Daniels,  S.  W., 
Oliver  H.  Stoddard,  J.  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Austin  Sperry,  W.  M.,  Horace  Foote,  S.  W., 
Abraham  B.  Everitt,  J.  W.     Initiated — Anthony  G.  Davis,  Lewis  Andi'ews. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  W.  M.,  Thomas  Blackman,  S.  W., 
Charles  Sherman,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  W.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  W., 
Richard  Wilcox,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Hezekiah  Thomas,  W.  M.,  Archibald  A.  Perkins, 
S.  W.,  Alvan  Sperry,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES,'  No.  23,  Preston— Adin  Cook,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Avery,  S.  W.,  Da- 
vid Baldwin,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  Chester  Ackley,  S. 
W.,   Henry  W.  Brown,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  26,  Haddam— Wm.  Cook,  W.  M.,  Nehemiah  Dickinson,  S  W 
Ebenezer  Cook,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Nathaniel  S.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass, 
S.W.,  John  H.  Wheeler,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Erastus  S,  Bouton,  W.  M.,  Wm.  H.  Banks,  S.  W., 
Stephen  A.  Hurlbut,  J.  W. 


510  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^7? 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Erookfleld— Henry  Ruggles,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Lake,  S.  W., 
Ira  Keeler,  J.  W.     Initiated — Augustus  Dow,  Mntthias  P.  Stevens. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Naugatuck— John  D.  Mears,  W.  M.,  Frederick  A.  Ellis, 
S.  W.,  Laurence  S.  Spencer,  J.  W. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Wm.  Webb,  W.  M.,  Caleb  Howard,  S.  W., 
Luther  Ripley,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Luther  Rawson,  W.  M.,  Mowry  Amsbury,  S.  W., 
Samuel  Underwood,  J.  W,  Initiated — Leonard  W.  Bowen.  James  B.  Bowen,  Jo- 
seph Starkweather,  George  Adams. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— David  M.  Clark,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Conner, 
S.  W.,  Sidney  R.  Wildman,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Amherst  Scovill,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Joshua  Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Pitts  D, 
Frink,  S.  W.,  John  Brown,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W.. 
Asa  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— William  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Thomas  M.  Brown 
S.  W.,  Francis  Amy,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Hira  Case,  W.  M.,  Chauncey  Mun- 
son,  S.  W.,  Orvill  Jones,  J.  W.  Initiated — Cornwall  Doolittle,  Nathaniel  Healy, 
Sun.     Suspended — Arunah  Case. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Julius  Harmon,  W.  M.,  David  Hastings,  S.  W., 
Chauncey  Pomeroy,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Bran  ford— Merit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W., 
Loring  D.  Hosley,  J.  W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  George  Carrie^  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Cole, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Johnson,  J.  W. 


1838.]         GRAND  LODGE  OB^  CONNECTICUT,  511 


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At  a  special  communication  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  Connecti- 
cut, convened  at  the  Masonic  Hall  in  the  city  of  New  Haven, 
on  Thursday  the  21st  day  of  June,  A.  L.  5838— 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

E.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Grand  Master,  p.  t. 

ANTHONY  P.  SANFORD,  Deputy  G.  M. 
HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Sen.  G.  Warden. 
HENRY  C.  FLAGG,  Jun.  G.  Warden,  p.  t. 
LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 
ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  G.  Secretary. 
AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Sen.  G.  Deacon. 
MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Jun.  G.  Deacon. 
HENRY  LINES,  Grand  Chaplain,  p.  t. 
ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

A  quorum  of  Lodges  being  represented,  the  Grand  Lodge 
was  opened  in  due  form,  and  with  solemn  prayer  by  the  Grand 
Chaplain. 

The  Grand  Secretary  read  a  letter  from  M.  W.  Dyer  T.  Brai- 
nard.  Grand  Master,  (who  was  absent  by  reason  of  ill  health,) 
announcing  that  the  Grand  Lodge  had  been  convened,  by  his 
order,  in  consequence  of  the  lamented  death  of  our  revered  and 
much  respected  Past  Grand  Master  THOMAS  HUBBARD, 
who  was  called  from  earthly  labor  to  heavenly  refreshment,  on 
Monday  morning,  the  18  th  instant. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  a  committee  of  three  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  chair,  to  prepare  suitable  resolutions  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

R.  W.  Brs.  Charles  A.  Ingersoll,  Wm.  H.  Jones,  and  Justin 


512  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Kedfield,  were  appointed  on  said  committee,  who  after  retiring 
for  a  short  time,  reported  the  following  resolutions,  which  were 
unanimously  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  we  have  heard  with  deep  regret  of  the  death  of  our  late  Past 
Grand  Master,  THOMAS  HUBBARD  ;  that  we  deeply  sympathise  with  the  fam- 
ily and  friends  of  the  deceased,  in  the  loss  which  they  have  sustained  ;  that  the 
removal  of  our  late  brother  has  deprived  society  at  large  of  a  most  useful  and 
worthy  member,  and  the  Masonic  Fraternity  of  one  of  its  most  valued  orna- 
ments. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  token  of  our  respect  for  the  memory  of  one  who  was  so 
much  endeared  to  us,  we  will  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourning  for  the  term  of 
thirty  days. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Master  and  Grand  Secretary  be  a  committee  to  fur- 
nish the  family  of  our  deceased  brother  with  a  copy  of  these  resolutions ;  and 
that  the  same  be  also  entered  at  large  on  the  records,  with  the  proceedings  of 
this  Grand  Lodge. 

After  prayer  by  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  form,  and  the  brethren  proceeded  to  Trinity  Church, 
where  the  funeral  services  were  performed. 

A  true  copy  from  the  minutes, 

E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


1839.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  513 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1839. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worshipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  8th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1839,  A.  L.  5839  : 

OFFICERS  present: 
M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LUCIUS  TYLER,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary, 
Bro.    AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"      ASAHEL  SAUNDERS, 

"      WILLIAM  D.  EATON, 

"       ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 


Grand  Stewards, 


KEPRESENTATIVES    OF  LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — William  H.  Ellis,  Samuel  Bishop,. 

Elnatlian  Atwater. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Samuel  Simons. 
No.  4,  St,  John's,  Hartford — Benoni  A.  Shepherd. 
No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Uriah  Turner. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodhury— Mitchell  S.  Mitchell. 
No.  11,  St  Paul's,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Elijah  Baldwin. 
No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 
No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Daniel  Blackman,  Charles  Sherman. 
No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Ahijah  Flagg,  Justus  Bulkley, 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 
No.  29,  Village,  Canton — Dwight  Humj)hreys. 
No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Thomas  S.  Perkins, 

65 


514  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^aj, 

No.  39,  Ark,  Weston — David  Patchin. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Nathaniel  H.  Wildman. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brooklield — Ira  Keeler. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Woodstock — Ebenezer  Kelly,  Aaron  Corbin, 
Luther  Rawson. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Levi  Candee,  Samuel  Wire. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Israel  E.  Hutchinson. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — John  Brown. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Wm.  Hyde. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Rollin  L.  Beecher,  Mer- 
lin Merrill. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Wm.  Adams,  Elijah  Fairman. 

No.  66,  Widow's  Son,  Branford — Wm.  Tyler. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  appointed  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  the  chair,  and  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  and  ample  form. 

The  auditing  committee  presented  their  annual  report  on  the 
state  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  which  was  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  tlie  last  animal  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  tlie  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  six  hundred 
and  five  dollars  and  eighteen  cents  in  cash ;  and  that  there  has  been  conveyed  to 
the  Grand  Lodge,  the  year  past,  one  share  of  stock  in  the  Union  School  House, 
making  twenty-seven  shares  now  owned  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  sixteen  dollars 
per  share,  amounting  to  four  hundred  and  thirty-two  dollars.  Total  amount,  two 
thousand  thirty-seven  dollars  and  eighteen  cents,  viz  : — Cash  on  hand,     $1605.18 

27  shares  stock,      432.00 


All  which  is  respectfully  submitted,  $2037.18 

f?ROSwlLL:|^°~«- 
New  Haven,  May  6,  A.  L.  5839. 


1839.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  515 

On  motion  of  the  R.  W.  J.  G.  Warden,  voted,  that  the  re- 
port of  the  auditing  committee  be  ap}3roved  and  accepted. 

A  memorial  from  Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  was  presented  and 
read,  as  follows  : 

To  the  Right  Worshipfu!  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  to  be  convened 
at  Hartford,  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  May,  1830 : 
This  memorial  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  at  New  London,  in  said  State,  respect- 
fully showeth  :  That  on  the  last  anniversary  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  the  time 
when,  by  their  charter,  they  should  have  chosen  the  officers  of  said  Lodge,  they 
neglected  so  to  do ;  and  that  some  time  in  the  months  of  March  and  April  last 
past,  they  were  called  to  labor,  and  ])roceeded  to  initiate,  pass  and  raise  six  wor- 
thy and  well  qualified  individuals,  the  officers  last  chosen  acting  in  their  several 
capacities,  and  where  there  were  vacancies  they  were  temporarily  filled  in  the 
usual  manner.  Now  the  prayer  of  your  petitioners  is,  that  you  excuse  their  neg- 
ligence, approve  of  their  work,  confirm  their  doings,  and  authorize  them  to 
choose  their  officers  on  the  anniversary  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  who  shall  hold 
their  offices  until  such  time  as  is  directed  in  their  charter.  And  your  petitioners, 
as  in  duty  bound,  will  ever  pray. 

Nathaniel  S.  Perkins,  W,  M. ')tt  .      y    , 
„  T^  o   w  f  Union  Lodge, 


Elisita  Douglass,  S.  W.  r        N     SI 

John  H.  Wheeler,  J.  W.  "      ' 


'  f  Union  . 
i        No. 


Dated  at  New  London,  this  1st  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1839,  A.  L.  5839. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  S.  G.  Warden,  it  was  resolved,  that  the 
doings  and  proceedings  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  31,  as  set  forth  in 
their  memorial,  be  approved  and  confirmed  by  this  Grand  Lodge, 
and  that  the  prayer  of  their  petition  be  granted  ;  and  they  are 
hereby  empowered  to  elect  their  officers,  on  the  next  anniversary 
of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  to  hold  until  the  time  sj^ecified  in  their 
charter  for  holding  their  annual  election. 

Bro.  M.  S.  Mitchell  introduced  a  resolution  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  Grand  Lecturer  and  a  Grand  Visiting  Committee, 
the  consideration  of  which  was  postponed  until  the  evening 
session. 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge  the  va- 
rious communications  which  he  had  received  during  the  past 
year.     Whereupon, 

Resolved,  That  the  correspondence  and  communications  from  the  several  Grand 
Lodges  in  the  United  States,  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  be  referred  to  a 
committee  of  three,  to  examine  and  report  thereon  this  evening. 

Resolved,  That  the  papers  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  purporting  to  be 
from  "St.  John's  Grand  Lodge,  New  York,"  be  returned  to  the  persou  or  persona 


516  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

from  whom  llie  same  were  received,  with  a  copy  of  the  vote  of  this  Grand  Lodge, 
passed  May  9,  1838,  in  relation  to  said  miscalled  Grand  Lodge. 

E.  W.  Brs.  Ellis,  Bradley,  and  Storer,  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee under  the  first  resolution. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  proceed  to 
the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Brs.  Ellis,  Hyde,  and  Simons,  were  appointed  to.  receive, 
sort  and  count  the  votes,  when  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  fol- 
lowing; brethren  were  declared  to  be  unanimouslv  re-elected  to 
the  several  offices  affixed  to  their  names  : 

M.W.DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY"  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LABAN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  called  from  labor  to  refreshment, 
and  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  in  the  evening. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  8,  A.  L.  5839. 

The  Grand  Lodge  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor,  the  M,  W.  Grand  Master 
in  the  chair,  and  the  officers  and  members  present  as  in  the 
afternoon. 

The  Grand  Master  announced  the  following  appointments  : 

Bro.  Avery  C.  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"     Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  "     Stephen  Jewett,  Grand  Chaplain. 

"     Asa  Budington,         }  ,-i       ,  q,         -, 
,,      .  o  ^  Grand  Stewards. 

"    Alexander  Storer,  ) 

"     Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  correspondence  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  respectfully  report,  that  they  have  examined 
communications  from  the  Grand  Lodges  of  Maine,  New  Hamp- 
shire, New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Vir- 


1839.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  517 

ginia,  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Kentucky, 
Tennessee,  Mississippi,  Missouri,  Indiana,  Alabama,  and  Flori- 
da ;  also,  from  the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Nova  Scotia,  and 
the  Grand  Masonic  Lodge  of  Ireland.  From  the  tenor  of  these 
communications,  your  committee  take  nuich  pleasure  in  being 
enabled  to  congratulate  the  fraternity  on  the  bright  ])rospects  of. 
Freemasonry  throughout  our  country,  and  are  gratified  to  find 
that  the  institution  generally  sustains  its  character  for  firmness, 
truth,  and  brotherly  love.  Although  malice  has  persecuted  us, 
and  envy  traduced  our  good  name,  truth  has  prevailed,  and  the 
award  of  public  justice  is  in  our  favor. 

In  regard  to  the  communication  from  the  G.  Lodge  of  South 
Carolina,  your  committee  submit  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  while  this  Grand  Lodge  deeply  deplores  the  calamitj'  which  has 
befallen  our  brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina,  in  the  destruction  of 
their  Hall  by  fire,  we  regret  that  the  exhausted  state  of  our  funds  deprives  us  of 
the  jjleasure  of  contributing  to  their  relief. 

In  regard  to  the  special  communication  from  the  G.  Lodge 
of  Virginia,  giving  notice  of  the  expulsion  of  Thomas  Daley, 
your  committee  recommend  that  the  same  be  communicated  to 
all  the  subordinate  Lodges  in  this  State,  agreeably  to  the  re- 
quest therein  contained. 

In  regard  to  the  letter  from  the  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  York,  respecting  the  recognition  of  the  French 
and  Scottish  rites,  and  the  establishment  of  resident  representa- 
tives, your  committee  recommend  that  the  subject  be  referred  to 
the  four  first  officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  for  such  action  or 
correspondence  as  they  may  deem  proper. 

Your  committee  would  also  recommend  the  adoption  of  the 
following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  acknowledge  the  courtesy 
of  the  several  Grand  Lodges  who  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  and 
reciprocate  the  same  by  communicating  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand 
Lodge. 

Respectfully  submitted,  in  behalf  of  the  committee. 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,  Chairman. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  several  resolutions  recom- 
mended by  the  committee  were  unanimously  adopted  by  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

At  the  last  communication,  one  year  was  allowed  the  follow- 
ing delinquent  Lodges,  to  show  cause,  why  their  charters  should 


518  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^Jj 

not  be  revoked  and  annulled,  viz  :  Union,  No.  5,  Washington, 
No.  19,  Dayspring,  No.  30.  The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that 
each  of  these  Lodges  had  been  duly  notified  of  the  doings  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  that  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  was  now  repre- 
sented, and  had  made  regular  returns  at  the  present  communi- 
cation ;  that  nothing  had  been  heard  from  Washington  Lodge, 
No.  19  ;  and  that  the  charter  of  Dayspring  Lodge,  No.  30,  had 
been  surrendered,  with  a  request  that  it  be  received  by  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

Bro.  U.  Turner,  from  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  Stamford,  having 
made  a  satisfactory  excuse  in  behalf  of  said  Lodge,  it  was  voted, 
that  the  penalty  heretofore  incurred  by  Union  Lodge,  No.  5, 
for  delinquency  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is  remitted. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  H.  Peck,  it  was  voted,  that  the  charter  of 
Washington  Lodge,  No.  19,  at  Monroe,  be  and  the  same  hereby 
is  revoked  and  annulled. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  A.  C.  Babcock,  it  was  voted,  that  this 
Grand  Lodge  accept  the  charter,  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds 
and  furniture  of  Dayspring  Lodge,  No.  30,  and  that  the  juris- 
diction of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  be  extended  over  the  limits  of 
said  Dayspring  Lodge,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed 
to  notify  the  last  Master  and  Secretary  of  said  Lodge  of  this 
vote. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  several  of  the  charters 
which  were  revoked  at  the  last  annual  communication  had  not 
been  surrendered,  although  the  last  Master  of  every  such  Lodge 
had  been  notified  of  the  same.  Whereupon,  on  motion  of  W, 
Bro.  Hyde,  it  was  voted,  that  all  Lodges  whose  charters  have 
been  annulled,  be  required  to  deliver  up  the  same,  together  with 
their  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds,  and  furniture,  to  the  Grand 
Secretary,  agreeably  to  the  By-Laws  ;  and  that  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary be,  and  he  hereby  is  directed  and  empowered  to  demand 
and  receive  the  same,  either  in  person  or  by  proxy,  and  deposit 
them  with  the  archives  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  A.  C.  Babcock,  it  was  voted,  that  the  M. 
W.  Grand  Master  be  and  he  hereby  is  authorized  and  empow- 
ered to  grant  dispensation  until  the  next  annual  communication, 


1839.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  519 

to  any  Lodge  whose  charter  has  heen  annulled,  upon  application 
of  the  last  Master  and  Wardens  thereof,  if  in  his  opinion  the 
interests  of  Masonry  require  it. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  the  following  Lodges  as  delin- 
quent at  the  last  and  present  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  viz  :  St.  John's  No.  2,  Uriel  24,  Rising  Sun  27,  Morn- 
ing Star  28,  Friendship  33,  Aurora  35,  Eastern  Star  44,  Jeru- 
salem 49,  Warren  51,  Temple  65,  Charity  68,  Fayette  69,  La- 
Fayette  72. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Henry  Peck,  it  was  voted,  that  no- 
tice be  given  by  the  Grand  Secretary  to  such  subordinate  Lodges 
as  have  neglected  to  send  representatives  and  make  returns  to 
the  Grand  Lodge,  agreeably  to  the  By-Laws,  for  the  last  two  or 
more  years,  that  unless  they  show  satisfactory  cause  for  such 
neglect,  at  the  next  annual  communication,  the  question  will 
then  be  taken  on  revoking  and  annulling  their  charters. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  M.  S.  Mitchell,  the  Grand  Lodge  took  up 
the  resolution  for  the  appointment  of  Grand  Lecturer,  &c.  After 
some  discussion,  the  question  was  taken  on  adopting  the  resolu- 
tion, and  decided  in  the  negative. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and 
Frederick  Croswell,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

Attest,  E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


520  .  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May^ 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  ],  New  Haven— Marcus  Bdssett,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Storer,  Jr.,  S.  W., 
Henry  T.  Huggiiis,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  Reed,  John  Magee,  George  Slmm- 
waj',  Frederick  P.  Gorham,  Frederick  Daggett.  Admitted — Elisha  L.  Silliman, 
Newel  Johnson,  Joseph  Wilcoxen. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Putnam, 
S.  AV.,  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  5,  Stamford— Alfred  A.  Holly,  W.  M.,  John  W.  Leeds,  S.  W.,  Isaac 
Quintard,  Jr.,  J.  W. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Charles  H.  AVebb,  AV.  M.,  Mitchell  S. 
Mitchell,  S.  AV.,  Charles  S.  Peck,  J.  AV.  Initiated— ¥Ya.nk\m  R.  Tower,  Elizur 
Barnes,  Samuel  A.  AA'^adsworth. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  AV.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.  AV., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  AA^ 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  AV.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S, 
AV.,  Charles  Jones,  J.  AV. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Hiram  Upson,  AV.  M.,  John  L.  Daniels,  S.  AV., 
Oliver  H.  Stoddard,  J.  AV.     Initiated — David  Thornton. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  VV^hitman,  AV.  M.,  H.  Cowles,  S.  AV. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  AVatertown— Aner  Bradley,  AV.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  AV., 
Cyrus  B.  Mauvill,  J.  AV. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  AV.  M.,  Thomas  Blackman,  S.  AV., 
Charles  Sherman,  J.  AV. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Luther  Beckley,  AV.  M.,  Abijah  Flagg,  S.  AV., 
Justus  Bulkley,  J.  AV. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— A.  A.  Perkins,  AV.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  S.  AV., 
Cyrenus  Candee,  J.  AV. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  AV.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  AV., 
James  Cook,  J.  AV. 

VILLAGE,  No.  29,  Canton— Ansel  Humphreys,  AV.  M.,  Luther  Higby,  S.  AV., 
Sherman  Osborn,  J.  AV. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London — Nathaniel  S.  Perkins,  AV.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass, 
S.  AV.,  John  H.  AVheeler,  J.  AV. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— AVm.  Patch,  AV.  M.,  AVm.  H.  Banks,  S.  AV.,  Matthew 
K.  Gilbert,  J.  AV.  Initiated — AVarren  AVood,  Rufus  S.  Dibble.  Expelled — AVilliam 
Simmons. 


1839.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  521 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfielrl— Henry  Ruggles,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Lake,  S.  W., 
Ira  Keeler,  J.  W.     Initiated — Edwin  A.  Lacey. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Woodstock— Mowry  Amsbury,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Underwood, 
S.  W.,  Luther  Rawson,  J.  W. 

jMORNING  star.  No.  47,  Oxford— Wm.  Hinman,  W.  M.,  David  McEwen,  S.  W., 
Sidney  R.  Wildman,  J.  W.     Initiated — Eri  Riggs. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Amherst  Scoviil,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Joshua  Wheeler,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Pitts 
D.  Frink,  S.  W.,  John  Brown  J.  AV. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpoint,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W.     Initiated — Wm.  French,  Harry  Scovill. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  50,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W., 
Asa  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  W.,  Thos. 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Merlin 
Merrill,  S.  AV.,  Loring  Loomis,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,   Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  Isaac  McNary,  S.  W., 
Wm.  N.  Clark,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Branford— Merrit  Foot,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie,  S.  W,, 
Loren  D.  Hosley,  J.  W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S, 
W.,  George  Carriel,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Tibbitts, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  Cole,  J,  W. 

66 


522  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1840. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Mofl:  Worfhipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  1 3th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5840  : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  ; 

M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t, 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 
Bro.    AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

Rev.  ASHBEL  BALDWIN,  Grand  Chaplain,  p.  t. 
1?^  JUDINGTON,  I  ^^^^^  g^^^^^^^^ 


"      ALEX'R  STORER, 

"      ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

PAST  GRAND  OFFICERS. 

M.  W.  William  H.  Ellis,  Past  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  Asa  Child,  Past  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
R.  W.  William  H.  Jones,  Past  Grand  Secretary. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Marcus  Bassett,  Frederick  Cros- 
well,  Wm.  E.  Sanford. 

No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Samuel  Cooper,  Wm.  Wood- 
ward. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Wm.  Lum,  Elias  Hodge,  David 
L.  Mills. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Benoni  A. 
Shepherd;  Cyrus  GoodeU. 


1840.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  523 

No.  5,  Union,  Stamford — Wm.  H.  Holly. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — James  Stevens. 

No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury — Charles  B.  Phelps,  Mitch- 
ell S.  Mitchell. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 

No.  10,  Wooster,  Colchester — Newhall  Taintor,  Jos.  Wheeler. 

No.  11,  St,  Paul's,  Litchfield — Samuel  Buel,  2d,  Phineas  Lord. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — John  L.  Daniels,  John  S.  Mosier. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Lemuel  Whitman. 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 

No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Abijah  Flagg. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany— Anthony  H.  Stoddard. 

No.  23,  St.  James,  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — Wm.  R.  Smith. 

No.  26,  Columbia,  Haddam — Wm.  Cook. 

No.  31,  Union,  New  London — Dyer  T.  Brainard,  George  C. 
Wilson. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Wm.  H.  Banks. 

No.  41,  Federal,  Brookfield — Henry  Ruggles. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Joshua  Guilford. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Joel  W.  White, 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — David  McEwen,  Samuel  Wire. 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Wm.  A.  Smith,  Braddock  Strong, 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Gurdon  Trumbull 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — Samuel  F.  Denison. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Merlin  Merrills,  Orville 
Dowxl. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Ariel  Ladd. 

No,  68,  Charity,  Groton — Tracy  Gates. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  designated  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  his  seat  in  the  East, 
and  a  quorum  being  present,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in 
due  and  ample  form. 


524  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^y, 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned,  appointed  a  committee  to  examine  and  adjust  the  accounts 
of  the  Grand  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for  the  past  year,  having  attended  to  that 
duty,  do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  they  also  find  in  the 
hands  of  the  Grand  Treasurer,  in  cash,  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  seventy- 
three  dollars  and  sixty-five  cents,  and  twenty-seven  shares  of  Union  School  stock, 
at  $16  a  share,  amounting  to  $432  dollars;  making  the  total  amount  of  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  $2,105.68. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  PECK,      )  ^    •„ 
FRED'K  CROSWELL,  ]  ^o'»^'"^^««- 

The  Grand  Secretary  submitted  the  various  communications 
he  had  received  during  the  past  year  from  other  Grand  Lodges, 
which  were  referred  to  a  Committee  on  Foreign  Corrtspondence, 
composed  of  Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  Wm.  H.  Jones,  and  Marcus 
Bassett. 

W.  Bro.  Charles  B.  Phelps  presented  a  memorial  from  King 
Solomon's  Lodge,  No.  7,  praying  the  Grand  Lodge  to  purchase 
stock  in  their  new  Masonic  Hall,  in  the  town  of  Woodbury, 
or  to  loan  said  Lodge  a  sum  of  money,  payment  to  be  secured 
by  mortgage  on  said  building  and  lot.  On  motion,  the  memo- 
rial was  referred  to  a  special  committee,  composed  of  Brs. 
A.  Bradley,  H.  Goodwin,  and  H.  T.  Huggins. 

E.  W.  Bro.  Wm.  H.  Jones  moved  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee of  three,  to  consider  and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  on 
the  expediency  of  a  public  celebration  of  the  approaching  Fes- 
tival of  St.  John  the  Baptist.  The  motion  was  carried,  and 
Brs.  Geo.  C.  Wilson,  B.  A,  Shepherd,  and  C.  B.  Phelps,  were 
aj^pointed  on  said  committee. 

The  Grand  Secretary  presented  several  letters  and  papers  re- 
lating to  delinquent  and  demised  Lodges,  which  were  ordered 
to  be  referred  to  a  special  committee,  consisting  of  three  mem- 
bers. The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  F.  Crosvvell, 
S,  Wire,  and  Wm.  E.  Sanford,  on  said  committee. 


1840.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  525 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  choice  of  Grand  Offi- 
cers for  the  ensuing  year  ;  Brs.  Croswell  and  Tyler  being  ap- 
pointed tellers.  Ballots  were  taken,  sorted  and  counted,  and 
the  following  brethren  duly  elected  to  the  several  offices  affixed 
to  their  names,  to  wit : 

M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRATNARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       LAB  AN  SMITH,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment,  and 
adjourned  to  7  o'clock. 


Wedjiesday  Evening,  May  13. 
At  7  o'clock  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  refreshment 
to  labor  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  who  announced  the  fol- 
lowing appointments,  viz : 

W.  Br.  AvEEY  C.  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"        George  C.  Wilson,  Grand  Marshal. 
'•        AsAHEL  Saunders,     )  ^       n  Oi.        j 
"         William  D.  Eaton,   |  ^''^""^  Stewards. 

"         Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  made  the  follow 
ing  report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Co7inecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Foreign  Correspondence  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  for  the  past  year,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  they  have  examined,  as  fully  as 
their  limited  time  would  ])ermit,  communications  from  the  Grand  Lodges  of 
Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Afassachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  Georgia,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  In- 
diana, Alabama,  Missouri,  and  Florida,  in  the  United  States,  also  of  our  sister 
Republic,  Texas,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ireland.  From  the  tenor  of  these  com- 
muoicatioas  your  committee  are  happy  to  learu  tbat  the  progress  of  Freemasoary 


526  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

is  onward  ;  that  in  those  sections  recently  excited  by  prejudice  against  our  order, 
the  public  sentiment  has  in  a  great  measure  become  trancj^i;!! ;  that  the  dema- 
gogue spirit,  which  for  a  time  threatened  to  overthrow  one  of  the  most  valuable 
and  pacific  institutions  of  human  origin,  is  receiving,  as  it  ought,  the  reprobation 
of  the  good  and  virtuous  of  all  parties  and  denominations ;  and  we  feel  confident, 
that  before  many  years  shall  have  rolled  around,  the  standard  of  Freemasonry 
will  be  raised  as  high  as  in  her  brightest  days. 

Your  committee  with  pleasure  congratulate  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  the  Frater- 
nity generally,  on  the  establishment,  during  the  past  year,  of  a  Gi-and  Lodge  in 
Texas,  and  on  the  flourishing  condition  of  Freemasonry  in  our  sister  Republic; 
and  we  trust  that  the  day  is  not  far  distant,  when  the  benign  influence  of  our 
Order,  which  teaches  "  friendship,  morality,  and  brotherly  love,"  will  be  felt  from 
East  to  West,  and  between  North  and  South,  throughout  the  whole  American 
continent. 

Your  committee  notice  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Alabama,  a 
resolution  requesting  all  Grand  Lodges  in  correspondence  with  that  Grand  Lodge 
"  to  elect  one  delegate  to  meet  in  general  convention,  at  the  city  of  Washington, 
on  the  first  Monday  of  March,  1842,  for  the  purpose  of  determining  upon  a  uni- 
form mode  of  work  throughout  all  the  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  and  to  make 
other  lawful  regulations  for  the  interest  and  security  of  the  Craft."  Your  com- 
mitte'e  consider  this  an  important  subject,  and  worthy  of  the  consideration  of 
this  Grand  Lodge ;  we  therefore  respectfully  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  fol- 
lowing reslutions  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  coincide  with  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Alabama 
in  the  opinion  that  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  the  Craft  that  a  uniformity 
of  work  and  a  uniform  system  of  regulations  should  pervade  all  the  Lodges  in 
the  Union,  and  that  we  will  unite  with  the  fraternity  generally  in  any  suitable 
measures  to  accomplish  the  object. 

Resolved,  That  our  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  reciprocate  the  courtesy  of 
the  several  Grand  Lodges  that  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  by 
transmitting  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 
All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted, 

WM.  H.  ELLIS, 

WM.  H.  JONES,        \  Committee. 

MARCUS  BASSET, 


J 


On  motion,  voted,  that  the  report  be  approved  and  accepted, 
and  the  resolutions  adopted. 

K.  W.  Bro.  Bradley,  from  the  committee  to  whom  was  refer- 
red the  memorial  of  King  Solomon's  Lodge,  No.  7,  reported  in 
favor  of  loaning  said  Lodge  two  hundred  dollars  of  the  surplus 
fundri  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  be  secured  by  a  mortgage  on  the 
land  and  building  belonging  to  said  Lodge. 

On  the  question  of  accepting  the  report,  a  lengthy  discussion 
arose,  which  resulted  in  the  withdrawal  of  the  memorial,  and 
the  indefinite  postponement  of  the  subject. 


1840.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  527 

W.  Bro.  Wilson,  from  the  committee  appointed  to  consider 
the  expediency  of  a  public  celebration  of  the  Festival  of  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  rej)orted,  that  in  the  ojjinion  of  the  commit- 
tee, such  a  celebration  would  promote  the  best  interests  of  the 
Institution. 

The  adoption  of  this  report  being  opposed  by  several  members, 
it  was,  on  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Phelps,  indefinitely  postponed. 

W.  Bro.  Croswell,  from  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges, 
submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

The  undersigned  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  subject  of  delinquent 
Lodges,  respectfully  report,  that  the  charters  of  the  following  Lodges  have  been 
revoked  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  have  not  been  surrendered,  viz  : — Montgomery 
No.  13,  Somerset  34,  St.  Mark's  36,  Western  Star  37,  St.  Luke's  48,  Mount  Olive 
52,  Olive  Branch  61,  St.  Andrews  64,  Harmony  67,  Washington  70,  and  Blazing 
Star  74. 

Your  committee  would  recommend  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  authorized  and 
empowered  to  require  said  Lodges  to  deliver  up  to  him  their  charters,  books,  pa- 
pers, jewels,  funds  and  furniture,  agreeable  to  the  by-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge ; 
and  that  those  members  of  said  Lodges  who  refuse  to  comply  with  their  obliga- 
tions in  this  particular,  be  dealt  with  according  to  the  laws  and  usages  of  the  fra- 
ternity. They  would  further  recommend  that  those  Lodges  which  have  neglect- 
ed to  make  returns  for  more  than  two  years  past,  and  have  been  notified  by  the 
Grand  Secretary,  agreeable  to  the  resolution  of  last  year,  have  their  charters  re- 
voked forthwith. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

F.  CROSWELL,        ) 

SAMUEL  WIRE,       }  Committee: 

WM.  E.  SANFORD,  S 


On  motion  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  be  adopted,  and  that 
the  charters  of  the  following  Lodges  be  and  are  hereby  revoked 
and  declared  null  and  void,  viz  : — Uriel,  No.  24,  Mansfield  ; 
Morning  Star,  No.  28,  East  Windsor  ;  Friendship,  No.  33, 
Southington  ;  Aurora,  No.  35,  Harwinton  ;  Jerusalem,  No.  49, 
Kidgefield  ;  Temple,  No.  Q5,  Westport ;  Fayette,  No.  69,  El- 
lington ; — said  Lodges  having  failed  to  comply  with  the  regu- 
lations of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  several  years  jDast, 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  2, 
Eastern  Star  44,  Warren  51,  and  Charity  68,  heretofore  report- 
ed as  delinquent,  made  full  returns  and  had  paid  up  their  dues 


528  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^Ji 

to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  the  present  communication  ;  whereupon 
it  was  voted,  that  said  Lodges  be  exempt  from  the  payment  of 
former  penalties. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  37,  and 
LaFayette,  No.  72,  be  allowed  one  year  longer  to  make  their 
returns  and  settle  their  arrearages  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Croswell,  the  Grand  Secretary  was 
directed  to  notify  all  Lodges  that  have  made  no  returns  for  the 
last  two  years,  that  their  charters  will  be  revoked  at  the  next 
session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  if  they  do  not  make  returns  at 
that  time. 

M.  W.  Bro.  Ellis  submitted  the  following  resolution,  and  it 
was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  first  four  Grand  Officers,  or  either  of  them,  be  and  are  em- 
powered and  authorized,  to  visit  any  subordinate  Lodge,  upon  the  application  of 
three  or  more  members  of  the  same,  for  the  purpose  of  instruction  or  discijjline, 
or  the  correction  of  any  errors  or  irregularities  that  may  exist ;  provided,  that 
no  expense  for  the  same  shall  accrue  to  the  Grand  Lodge.  And  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  said  Grand  Officers  to  report  their  doings  under  tliis  resolution,  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  at  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  shat  since  the  last  annual  com- 
munication he  had  received  the  charter  and  effects  of  Meridian 
Sun  Lodge,  No.  32,  Warren,  Avith  a  request  that  the  few  re- 
maining members  of  said  Lodge  may  be  annexed  to  Rising  Sun 
Lodge,  No.  27,  at  Washington  ;  also,  that  the  charter  and  ef- 
fects of  St.  Alban's  Lodge,  No,  38,  Guilford,  had  been  surren- 
dered. Whereupon,  it  was  resolved,  that  the  members  of  the 
late  Meridian  Sun  Lodge,  No.  32,  be  placed  under  the  juris- 
diction of  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  27. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Wm.  Cook,  it  was  voted,  that  the  juris- 
diction of  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  26,  be  extended  over  the  town 
of  Chester,  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

W.  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and  Frederick  Croswell  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  audit  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed  in  due  and  ample  form. 
E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary, 


1840.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  529 


BETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — Marcus  Bassett,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Croswell,  S.W., 
Wm.  E.  Sanford,  J.  W.  Initiated — Matthias  R.  Tufts,  Joel  Grant,  Orange  S. 
Merwin,  Joseph  G.  Anthony,  George  Sanford,  Wm.  H.  Canfield. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Caleb  Miller,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Corey,  S.  W., 
Asa  Richardson,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Wm.  Lum,  W.  M.,  Elias  Hodge,  S.  W.,  David 
L.  Mills,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Benoni  A.  Shep- 
herd, S.  W.,  Joseph  C.  Burke,  J.  W. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Charles 
S.  Peck,  S.  W.,  Edwin  Hull,  J.  W.  Initiated— Charles  B.  Hickok,  Horace  Oat- 
man. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  P.  Bolles,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Upson,  S.  W., 
John  W.  French,  J.  W.  Initiated ~3oseiih  Hawkins,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  Wm. 
S.  Johnson. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  Henry  Cowles, 
S.  W.,  Giles  Stillman,  J,  W. 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Aner  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  W., 
Cyrus  B.  Manvel,  J.  W, 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Abijah  Flagg,  W.  M.,  Justus  Bulkley,  S,  W., 
Francis  Hart,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Archibald  A.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas, 
S.  W.,  Anthony  H.  Stoddard,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glasteubury- Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  Howel  W.  Brown, 
S.  W.,  George  Merrick,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Dj^er  T.  Brainard,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Douglass,  S, 
W.,  George  C.  Wilson,  J.  W.  Initiated — George  W.  Hamley,  George  G.  Benja- 
min, Jesse  G.  Miner,  Robert  Tate,  John  L.  Harris. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Wm.  H.  Banks,  W.  M.,  Matthew  K.  Gilbert,  S.  W., 
Wm.  T.  Scofield,  J.  W.    Initiated— B.e\.  Zenas  Cook. 

FEDERAL,  No.  41,  Brookfield— Henry  Ruggles,  W.  M,,  Hiram  Lake,  S.  W., 
Ira  Keeler,  J.  W. 

67 


630  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Naugatuck— Joshua  Guilford,  W.  M.,  Daniel  Hayden,  S. 
W.,  Wm.  M.  Pembertou,  J.  W.     Initiated — George  Floyd,  Henry  Chatfield. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.44,  Windliam— Caleb  Howard,  W.  M.,  Gurdon  Hebbard, 
S.  W..  Fanning  Tracy,  J.  W.  Initiated — Joel  W.  White,  Horatio  Webb,  Isaac  L. 
Palmer,  Wm.  H.  Snow. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Mowry  Ariisbury,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Underwood,  S. 
W.,  Luther  Rawson,  J.  W.     Initiated — Ebenezer  Darling,  Earned  Haskell. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  O.xford— John  M.  Hart,  W.  M.,  David  J.  McEwen, 
S.  W.,  Charles  Ransom,  J.  W.     Initiated — John  B.  Judson. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Alonzo  W.  Birge,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Barton,  S.  W., 
Braddock  Strong,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Joseph  Frink,  W.  M.,  Pitts  D. 
Frink,  S.  W.,  Thomas  P.  Wattles,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  Pierpont,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Amos  Beecher,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Merlin 
Merrill.  S.  W.,  Loring  Loomis,  J.  W.     Initiated — Miles  J.  Hawley. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Staflbrd— Isaac  McNary,  W.  M.,  William  N.  Clark,  S.  W., 
John  Streeter,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Roswel  Allyn,  S.  W., 
Stephen  Billings,  J.  W.  Initiated — Eldridge  D.  Wolf,  Benjamin  Sawyer,  John 
S.  Burrows,  Austin  Packer,  George  Eldridge.  Jr.,  Charles  Wolf,  Charles  Eldridge, 
Caleb  Burrows,  George  Wolf,  Eldridge  Spicer,  Thomas  Williams,  Jr.,  Richard 
Burnet,  Hubbard  H.  Burrows. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  G.^orge  Carrie',  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Cole, 
S.  W.,  Nathan  Johnson,  J.  W. 


1841.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  531 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1841. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moil  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  12th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1841,  A.  L.  5841 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  ! 

M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.   W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"      HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEEC HER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       ELIPHALET  G.  STORE R,  Grand  Secretary. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Sen.  G.  Deacon. 

"      MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Jun.  G.  Deacon. 

"       GEORGE  C.  WILSON,  Grand  Marshal. 

"       WILLIAM  C.  EATON,  Grand  Steward. 

"       ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Avery  C.   Babcock,   William  E. 

Sanford. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — D.  V.  Seeley. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Benoni  A. 

Shepherd,  J.  C.  Burke. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Asa  E.  Smith. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,   Woodbury— M.  S.  Mitchell. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Earraington — Lemuel  Whitman. 
No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley. 
No.  20,  Harmony,  Berlin — Abijah  Flagg. 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Archibald  A.  Perkins. 
No.  23j  St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 


532  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Solomon  Terry,  William 

Hunt. 
No.  31,  Union,  New  London — D.  T.  Brainard,  Elisha  Douglass, 

George  C.  Wilson. 
No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Reuben  Booth. 
No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Joshua  Guilford,  William  M. 

Pemberton. 
No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Gurdon  Hebbard. 
No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Gideon  Hollister. 
No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nelson  C.  Daniels. 
No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Uri  Taylor. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol- — Luman  Preston. 
No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — William  Hyde. 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Merlin  Merrill,  Orville 

Howd. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Staiford — Samuel  Carpenter,  Stephen  Smith. 
No.  60,  Charity,  Groton — Erastus  Williams. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — John  Mather. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  the  chair, 
and  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  solemn  and  ample  form. 

The  Auditing  Committee  presented  the  following  rej)ort, 
which  was  read,  approved  and  accepted  : 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer,  for  the  year  ending  May,  A.  L.  5841,  report, 
that  since  the  last  annual  communication,  our  late  worthy  and  respected  Grand 
Treasurer,  Bro.  Laban  Smith,  has  been  called  to  render  his  account  to  the  Grand 
Master  of  the  Universe,  and  that  Bro.  Benjamin  Beecher  has  been  appointed  by 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  to  succeed  him.  They  find  that  all  the  moneys  received 
by  the  Grand  Secretary  have  been  paid  over  to  tlie  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there 
is  now  in  the  hands  of  Bro.  Benjamin  Beecher  the  sum  of  one  thousand  five  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents  ($1535.23)  in  cash ;  which,  to- 
gether with  twenty-seven  shares  of  Union  School  House  Stock,  at  sixteen  dollars 
a  share,  amounting  to  four  hundred  and  thirty-two  dollars,  makes  the  total 
amount  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  sixty- 
seven  dollars,  twenty-three  cents,  ($1967.23.) 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  PECK,  )  ^         ... 
F.  CROSWELL,  J  ^°^"'^^^^^^- 

New  Haven,  May  8,  A.  L.  5641. 


1841.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  533 

The  K.  W.  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  the 
various  communications  which  had  been  received  during  the 
past  year,  which  were  ordered  to  be  referred  to  a  Committee  of 
Correspondence,  and  Brs.  ElHs  and  Sanford  were  appointed  on 
said  Committee. 

W,  Bro.  Guilford  presented  a  petition  from  Harmony  Lodge, 
No.  42,  requesting  the  Grand  Lodge  to  establish  said  Harmony 
Lodge  permanently  in  the  first  society  of  Waterbury,  which  was 
referred  to  a  committee  of  two,  and  W.  Brs.  Babcock  and  Doug- 
lass were  appointed  on  said  committee. 

A  petition  was  presented  from  the  late  Master,  Wardens  and 
Brethren  of  Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49,  for  a  restoration  of  their 
charter,  which  was  referred  to  the  committee  on  the  petition  of 
Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42. 

A  letter  of  invitation  from  brethren  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  to 
attend  a  celebration  of  the  Festival  of  St.  John  the  Baptist,  was 
read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Correspondence. 

Bro.  Wilson  submitted  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  select  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  report  respecting 
the  expediency  and  propriety  of  a  general  celebration  on  the  part  of  this  Grand 
Lodge  on  the  24th  of  June  next. 

The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  E.  W.  Brs.  Peck,  Goodwin, 
and  Downer  appointed  on  the  committee. 

K.  W.  Bro.  Ellis  submitted  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  adoj)ted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  deplore  the  loss  by  death  of  our  late  worthy 
and  respected  Brother  Laban  Smith,  for  many  years  Grand  Treasurer  of  this 
Grand  Lodge ;  and  that  his  long  and  faithful  services,  his  fervency  and  zeal  in 
the  promotion  of  the  principles  of  our  Order,  can  not  but  be  remembered  and 
revered  by  the  faithful  of  the  fraternity,  who  knew  his  worth  as  a  man  and  a 
Mason. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  token  of  our  respect  for  the  memory  of  our  departed 
Brother,  the  members  of  this  Grand  Lodge  will  wear  the  usual  badge  of  mourn- 
ing for  thirty  days. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  requested  to  furnish  the  family  of  the 
deceased  with  a  copy  of  these  resolutions,  and  that  the  same  be  entered  on  the 
records  and  published  with  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Grand  Lodge  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Grand 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  Brs.  Beecher  and  Sanford  having 


534  GRAND   LODGE  OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

"been  appointed  tellers,  when  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  follow- 
ing brethren  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  offices  affixed  to 
their  names,  viz  : 

M.  W.  DYER  T.  BRAINARD,  Grand  Master. 
R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  called  from  labor  to  refreshment, 
and  adjourned  to  7  o'clock  in  the  evening. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  12,  A.  L.  5839. 
The  Grand  Lodge  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor.     The  M,  W.  Grand  Mas- 
ter announced  the  following  appointments  : 

Bro.  Avery  C.  Babcock,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"     Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"     Wm.  E.  Sanford,  Grand  Marshal. 

;;     George  Shumway,  I  ^^^^^  stewards. 

"     Henry  S.  Wadsworth,  ^ 
"     Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Committee  on  Correspondence  made  the  following  report, 
which  was  approved  and  accepted  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodsfe, 
respectfully  ask  leave  to  report,  that  in  discharge  of  the  duty  assigned  them, 
they  have  examined,  as  carefully  as  time  would  permit,  communications  from  the 
Grand  Lodges  of  ISIaine,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Maryland,  Virginia,  Georgia,  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Oiiio,  Indiana,  Alabama,  Mis- 
sissippi, Missouri,  Florida,  and  Texas,  which  consists  chietiy  of  reports  of  the 
condition  and  proceedings  of  the  said  Grand  Lodges,  all  of  which  indicate  a  period 
of  unusual  Masonic  active  prosperity,  usefulness  and  respectability,  and  conduce 
to  the  gratifying  belief  that  our  Order  is  rapidly  approximating  to  its  ancient 
elevation,  and  that  its  good  influence  will  be  more  and  more  felt  and  ackoow- 
ledged  throughout  the  wx»rld. 


1841.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  535 

Your  committee  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  resolution  ; 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  acknowledge  the  courtesy 
of  the  several  Grand  Lodges  who  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  and 
reciprocate  the  same  by  communicating  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand 
Lodge.  Respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS, 


Hartford,  May  12,  A.  L.  5841. 


WILLIAM  E.  SAIN  FORD,  5  C'^mmzWee. 


The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution  adopted. 
The  committee  on  petitions  and  memorials,  made  the  follow- 
ing report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42, 
having  attended  to  the  duties  of  their  appointment,  beg  leave  to  offer  the  follow- 
ing resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  42,  have  liberty  to  permanently  locate 
their  Lodge,  in  any  part  of  the  town  of  Waterbury,  by  a  major  vote,  provided  tliat 
notice  of  the  same  be  given  at  two  successive  regular  meetings  of  said  Lodge  pre- 
vious to  the  final  vote.  Respectfully  submitted, 

A.  C.  BABCOCK,  >  ^         ... 

ELISHA  DOUGLASS,  5  ^o'^'^'^"^^- 

Hartford,  May  12,  A.  L.  5841. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution  proposed  by  the 
committee  was  adopted. 

The  same  committee  reported  on  the  petition  of  the  late  Mas- 
ter, Wardens  and  Brethren  of  Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49,  that 
in  their  opinion,  the  prayer  of  said  petitioners  ought  to  be 
granted.  Which  report  was  accepted,  and  the  following  reso- 
lution adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  charter  of  the  late  Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49,  in  Ridgefield, 
which  was  revoked  by  this  Grand  Lodge  at  their  ann\ial  communication  in  May 
last,  be  restored,  and  the  powers  granted  by  said  charter  be  renewed  and  invested 
in  the  brethren  who  have  petitioned  for  the  same ;  the  last  officers  of  said  Lodge 
to  convene  the  members  within  six  months  from  the  closing  of  the  present  com- 
munication of  this  Grand  Lodge,  for  the  purpose  of  reorganizing  said  Lodge,  and 
proceeding  with  business  in  due  form. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  resolution  of  Bro. 
Wilson,  on  the  "expediency  and  propriety  of  a  general  celebra- 
tion on  the  part  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  on  the  24th  of  June  next," 
reported,  that  in  their  opinion,  a  celebration  by  the  Grand  Lodge 


536  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  U^^J} 

would  be  inexpedient ;  which  report,  after  some  discussion,  was 
accepted  on  the  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Hyde. 

Bro.  M.  S.  Mitchell  submitted  the  following  resolution,  which 
was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  instructed  to  loan  to  King  Solomon's 
Lodge,  No.  7,  Woodbury,  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  of  the  funds  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  at  six  per  cent,  interest,  provided  a  note  for  the  same  be  executed 
and  endorsed  to  the  acceptance  of  the  Grand  Treasurer. 

The  legality  and  responsibility  of  such  a  note  being  questioned 
by  several  brethren,  the  above  resolution  was  reconsidered,  on 
motion  of  K.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  and  after  considerable  discussion  it 
was  rejected. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Peck,  the  following  preamble  and 
resolution  was  adopted  : 

Whereas,  The  loaning  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  to  any  of  the  subordin- 
ate Lodges  will,  in  the  course  of  events,  be  liable  to  create  difficulties  among  the 
brethren  and  destroy  the  harmony  which  ought  to  exist  in  the  Lodges  ;  therefore 

Resolved,  As  a  standing  rule,  that  this  Grand  Lodge  will  entertain  no  proposi- 
tion from  any  subordinate  Lodge  to  loan  such  Lodge  any  of  the  funds  of  this 
Grand  Lodge. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Goodwin  submitted  the  following : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed  to  invest  the  money  in  his 
hand  belonging  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  in  bank  stock. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro,  Storer,  the  consideration  of  this 
resolution  was  postponed  to  the  next  annual  communication. 

On  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Downer,  it  was  voted,  that  the  juris- 
diction of  St.  James'  Lodge,  No.  23,  be  so  extended  as  to  in- 
clude the  city  of  Norwich,  with  liberty  to  hold  their  communi- 
cations in  the  town  of  Preston  or  Norwich,  as  may  be  deemed 
expedient  by  two-thirds  of  the  members,  with  the  consent  of  the 
Master  for  the  time  being. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Hebbard,  it  was  voted,  that  the  jurisdiction 
of  Eastern  Star  Lodge,  No.  44,  be  extended  over  the  town  of 
Franklin,  formerly  belonging  to  the  late  Som'erset  Lodge,  No. 
34,  of  Norwich. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis, 


1841.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  537 

Resolved,  That  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  be  a  Standing  Com- 
mittee, and  that  all  or  either  of  them  be  authorized  and  empowered,  in  person  or 
by  i)roxy,  to  visit  any  of  the  subordinate  Lodges,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
whether  they  are  conducting  in  accordance  with  their  charters,  and  with  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  to  determine  their  territorial 
limits  and  jurisdiction  ;  to  correct  errors,  and  give  instruction  in  the  mode  and 
manner  of  work ;  to  order  a  choice  of  officers  in  any  Lodge  where  no  choice  has 
been  made  for  the  term  of  one  year  or  more,  and  to  report  their  doings  annually 
to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

W.  Bro.  Solomon  Terry,  of  the  late  Morning  Star  Lodge,  No. 
28,  at  East  Windsor,  the  charter  of  which  had  been  revoked  at 
the  last  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  appeared,  and 
asked  leave  to  make  a  statement  in  behalf  of  said  Lodge.  Leave 
being  granted,  Bro.  Terry  stated,  that  in  consequence  of  some 
mistake,  the  communication  of  the  Grand  Secretary  of  last  year 
had  not  been  received  by  the  Master  of  said  Morning  Star  Lodge, 
of  course  they  were  ignorant  of  the  fact  that  their  charter  had 
been  revoked  :  the  Lodge  had  therefore  been  at  work  during  the 
past  year,  had  elected  their  officers,  and  initiated,  passed  and 
raised  three  worthy  candidates  ;  and  he  now  appeared  to  rej) re- 
sent said  Lodge  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  make  returns  and  ^?ij  the 
customary  dues  ;  and  in  behalf  of  said  Lodge,  he  would  respect- 
fully ask  for  a  restoration  of  their  charter  and  that  tlieir  doings 
for  the  past  year  may  be  legalized  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion  of  E.  W.  Grand  Secretary,  the  following  resolu- 
tion was  then  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  charter  of  Morning  Star  Lodge.  No.  28,  be  restored,  and  -the 
powers  granted  by  the  same  be  invested  in  the  present  officers  and  members ; 
that  their  proceedings  during  the  past  year  be  ratified  and  acknowledged  as  le- 
gal ;  that  their  present  returns  and  dues  be  received  ;  and  that  Brs.  Terry  and 
Huntington  be  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Grand  Lodge  as  the  representatives  of  said 
Morning  Star  Lodge. 

Bro.  Joseph  F.  Jewett,  of  the  late  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36, 
at  Simsbury,  after  leave  obtained,  made  a  statement  relative  to 
said  Lodge,  and  asked  permission  to  have  their  charter  restored, 
as  there  was  now  a  fair  prospect  that  the  business  might  be  re- 
vived in  said  Lodge  to  the  advantage  of  Masonry. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Peck,  it  was  voted,  that  the  charter 
of  St.  Mark's  Lodge,  No.  36,  be  restored  to  the  late  members 

68 


538  GKAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

thereof,  upon  their  paying  ten  dollars  into  the  funds  of  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

The  K.  W.  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  the  following  Lodges 
had  made  no  returns  to  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  last  two  years, 
nor  were  they  represented  at  the  present  communication,  viz  : 
Wooster,  No.  10  ;  Moriah,  No.  15  ;  Eising  Sun,  No.  27  ;  Ark, 
No.  39  ;  LaFayette,  No.  72  ;  and  that  notice  had  been  given  to 
the  last  Masters  of  said  Lodges  that  their  charters  would  be  re- 
voked unless  cause  was  shown  to  the  contrary  at  the  present 
communication. 

The  following  resolution  was  then  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  charters  of  the  following  subordinate  Lodges,  (they  having 
neglected  for  several  years  to  comply  with  the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge,)  be, 
and  they  herebj'  are  revoked  and  declared  to  be  null  and  void,  viz  :  Wooster,  No. 
10;  Rising  Sun,  No.  27  ;  Ark,  No.  39;  LaFayette,  No.  72. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  the  following  Lodges  delinquent 
at  the  last  and  present  communications,  viz  :  Union,  No.  5  ; 
Columbia,  No.  26  ;  Village,  No.  29  ;  Apollo,  No.  59  ;  Widow's 
Son,  No.  QQ. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Hebbard,  it  was  voted,  that  one  year  from 
this  time  be  allowed  to  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  15,  Canterbury,  to 
make  their  returns  and  settle  their  arrearages  to  the  Grand 
Lodge. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  those  Lodges  who 
have  made  no  returns  for  two  years  past,  that  unless  they  show  cause  at  the  next 
annual  communication  why  they  have  neglected  to  comply  with  the  regulations 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  question  will  then  be  taken  on  revoking  their  charters. 

Resolved,  That  the  four  first  officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be,  and  they  are  here- 
by authorized  and  empowered  to  grant  dispensations  for  a  limited  time  to  any  of 
the  annulled  Lodges  which  may  request  it,  if  in  their  opinion  the  interests  of  Ma- 
sonry will  be  thereby  promoted  ;  provided,  that  a  Lodge  so  petitioning  shall  first 
pay  into  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  the  sum  of  ten  dollars. 

The  Grand  Secretary  read  a  communication  from  the  R.  W. 
James  Herring,  Grand  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  containing  a  prospectus  of  a  work  which  he 
contemplates  publishing,  entitled  "  The  Portrait  Gallery  of 
Eminent  American  Freemasons,  and  History  of  the  Masonic  In- 


1841.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  539 

stitution  in  the  United  States,"  together  with  an  address  to  the 
Fraternity,  p-nd  a  resolution  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York 
in  relation  thereto.  Whereupon,  on  motion  of  Bro.  Sanford,  it 
was  voted,  that  this  Grand  Lodge  concur  with  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York,  in  recommending  the  proposed 
work  of  our  R,  W.  Bro.  Herring  to  the  patronage  of  the  Fra- 
ternity. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  voted,  that  the  apjiointment 
of  a  delegate  from  this  Grand  Lodge  to  the  General  Masonic 
Convention,  to  be  held  in  the  city  of  Washington,  on  the  first 
Monday  of  March,  1842,  be  referred  to  the  Grand  Officers  elect. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and 
Frederick  Croswell,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  in 
due  and  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— A.  C.  Babcock,  W.  M.,  AVm.  E.  Sanford,  S.  W.j 
George  Shumway,  J.  W.  Initiated — J.  F.  Liniberger,  George  Juxon  Huggins, 
Wm.  M.  Pixley,  Julius  Tyler,  Charles  Brown,  George  P.  Stillman,  Charles  O'Neil, 
Henry  S.  Wadsworth,  Alpheus  B.  Clark.  Admitted — Wm.  W.  Wellman,  Charles 
Ruckoldt. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Wm.  Lum,  W.  M.,  Elias  Hodge,  S.  W.,  David 
L.  Mills,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Benoni  A.  Shep- 
herd, S.  W.,  .loseph  C.  Burke,  J.  W.  Initiated — James  B.  Gilman,  William  M. 
Durand,  Samuel  Bronson,  Sylvanus  G.  Shaw,  Henry  Perkins,  Benjamin  F.  Folger, 
Wm.  P.  Witbey,  James  Better,  Stillman  Niles. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— James  Stevens,  W.  M.,  Asa  E.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Henry  W.  Smith,  J.  W.     Initiated — Samuel  R.  Bunting. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Bethel  S.  Castle,  W.  M.,  W.  H.  Atwood, 
S.  W.,  Lucius  Ives,  J.  AV.  Initiated — Samuel  Thompson,  Willis  Judd,  Albert 
Thompson,  Oscar  B.  Leavenworth,  Frederick  D.  Brush.  Admitted — Eri  Riggs, 
Garry  Riggs. 


540  GKAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Ufford,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  P.  Belles,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L,  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard, 
S.  W.,  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss,  J.  W.     Liitiated — Charles  C.  Beers. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Lemuel  Whitman,  W.  M.,  H.  Cowles,  S,  W, 

FEDERAL,  No.  17,  Watertown— Aner  Bradley,  W.  M.,  Silas  Hoadley,  S.  W,, 
Austin  Sperry,  J.  W. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  W.  M.,  Charles  Sherman,  S.  W., 
ThomasDutton,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  20,  Berlin— Abijah  Flagg,  W.  M.,  Justus  Bulkley,  S.  W., 
Francis  Hart.  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— A.  A.  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Hezekiah  Thomas,  S.  W., 
Anthony  H.  Stoddard,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  South  Glastenburj^— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  H.  W.  Brown, 
S.  W.,  George  Merrick,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Solomon  Terry,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Harmon 
Terry,  S.  W.,  Levi  Lord,  J.  W.  Initiated — Chester  A.  Lord,  Ira  MoiBt,  Ransom 
Sperry. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Dyer  T.  Brainard,  W.  M.,  Elisha  Douglas,  S. 
W.,  George  C.  Wilson,  J.  W.  Initiated — Reuben  Kelly,  Edwin  Ames,  Robert 
K.  Waller,  Ephraim  H.  Douglass,  Alfred  W.  Bush,  Wm.  Varley,  Charles  French, 
Leonard  Smith,  Lorenzo  Baker,  William  Sisson.  Suspended — Edward  B.  H. 
Prince,  Jonathan  Sizer. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Wm.  H.  Banks,  W.  M.,  Sylvester  Stevens,  S.  W., 
Stephen  A.  Hurlbut,  J.  AV. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Joshua  Guilford,  W.  M.,  Wm.  M.  Pemberton, 
S.  W.,  Edward  Sandland,  J.  W.  Initiated — Edward  Sandland,  Alfred  C.  Sperry, 
Thomas  Jones,  Robert  Johnson,  John  Cook,  Gabriel  Post,  James  Boyer.  Sus- 
pended— Reuben  L.  Judd. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Gurdon  Hebbard,  W.  M.,  Caleb  Hay- 
ward,  S.  W.,  David  L.  Fuller,  J.  W.     Admitted — Joseph  W,  Lyon. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Woodstock — Samuel  Underwood,  W.  M.,  Luther  Rawson, 
S.  W.,  Jabez  Amsbury,  J.  W.     Initiated — W.  Bowen. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister.  S.  W., 
Eansford  Button,  J.  W. 


1841.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  541 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Ilirani  Barton,  S.  W., 
Braddock  Strong,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  rierpoint,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luraan  Preston,  S.  W., 
Asa  Bartholomew,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  ^Y.,  Thos. 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Merlin  Merrill,  W.  M.,  George 
Merrill,  S.  W.,  Orvill  Jones,  J.  W.  Initiated — Hiram  Chamberlain,  Elisha  G. 
Johnson. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford- Isaac  McNary,  W.  M.,  Wm.  N.  Clark,  S.  W., 
John  Streeter,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Erastus  Williams,  W.  M.,  Roswell  Allen,  S.  W., 
Stephen  Billings,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  H.  Mallory,  Waterman  Clift,  Ste- 
phen Haley  Jr.  Admitted — David  Kellogg,  John  Park,  Seth  Barrows,  Nathan 
Eldredge. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  George  Carriel,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Nathan  Johnson. 
S.  W.,  Samuel  Cole,  J.  W. 


542  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1842. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worihipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
holden  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  nth  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5842  : 

OFFICERS    PRESENT  : 

R.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  HENRY  PECK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  BENJAMIN  BEE  CHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary, 

Bro.  AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"  WILLIAM  E.  SANFORD,  Grand  Marshal. 

"  GEORGE  SHUMWAY, 

"  HENRY  S.  WADSWORTH,  ^ 

"  ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 


Grand  Stewards. 


REPRESENTATIVES    OF  LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — William  H.  Jones,  Theodore  W. 

Werner,  Frederick  Croswell. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown— Noah  A.  Phelps,  Merrils  Ward. 
No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Wm.  Lum,  David  L.  Mills. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Benoni  A. 

Shepherd,  Joseph  C.  Burke. 
No.  6,  St.  St.  John's,  Norwalk— Asa  E.  Smith. 
No.  7,  King  Solomon's,  Woodbury— Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Phin- 

eas  S.  Bradley. 
No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 
No.  11,  St  Paul's,  Litchfield — George  Dewey. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — J ohnL.  Daniels,  JosiahNettleton. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Henry  Cowles,  Giles  Stillman. 
No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Cheater  Lyon, 


1842.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  543 

No.  17,  Federal,  Watertown — Aner  Bradley,  Samuel  H.  Jiuld. 

No.  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall. 

No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Cyrenus  Candee. 

No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

No.  25,  Colmnbia,  Glastenbury — Henry  Dayton. 

No.  33,  Friendship,  Southington — John  E.  Jones. 

No,  40,  Union,  Danbury — Wm.  Peck. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Wm.  M.  Pemberton,  Henry 
Hine. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Horatio  Webb,  Caleb  Hay- 
ward,  Daniel  L.  Fuller, 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — Samuel  Wire, 

No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Braddock  Strong. 

No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Benjamin  Pomeroy. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

No,  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 

No,  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Anson  Wheeler,  Wilson 
B,  Spring,  Nathaniel  Haley. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield— Wm.  Tuttle. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Amos  Harvey,  Rufus  Gr.  Pinney, 

No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — Guy  C.  Stoddard. 

No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Cyrus  Goodell. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  appointed  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master  took  the  chair, 
and  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  form. 

The  following  letter  from  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  to  the 
Grand  Secretary,  was  presented  and  read,  and  ordered  to  be 
spread  upon  the  minutes  ; 

New  Lo>'don,  May  2,  1842. 
R.  W.  Bro.  E.  G.  STOKER :— As  I  shall  probably  not  be  present  at  the  annual 
communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  next  week,  at  New  Haven,  I  would  thank 
you  to  inform  the  brethren  that  I  respectfully  decline  being  considered  as  a  can- 
didate for  the  office  of  Grand  Master,  at  the  next  election  ;  that  I  retire  from  the 
office  grateful  for  the  honors  they  have  from  time  to  time  conferred  on  me,  and 
entertaining  for  them  sentiments  of  high  respect  and  esteem. 
Yours,  in  friendship  and  brotherly  love, 

D.  T.  BRAIN ARD,   Grand  Master, 


544  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  Grand  Secretary  reportedj  that  in  obedience  to  a  resohi- 
tion  passed  at  the  annnal  communication  in  May  last,  the  offi- 
cers of  the  Grand  Lodge  met  at  the  Tontine  in  New  Haven,  on 
the  20th  of  January,  and  elected  our  worthy  brother  the  Hon. 
William  W.  Boardman,  delegate  to  represent  this  Grand  Lodge 
in  "  the  General  Masonic  Convention  to  be  held  in  the  City  of 
Washington,  on  the  first  Monday  in  March,  1842  ;"  that  the 
appointment  was  accepted  by  Bro.  Boardman,  who  was  then  at 
Washington,  as  a  member  of  Congress  from  this  State,  and  he 
attended  said  Convention,  and  had  reported  to  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary the  journal  of  its  proceedings. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Peck,  it  was  voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  be  tendered  to  Bro.  Boardman,  and  that  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Washington  Masonic  Convention  be  referred  to 
a  special  committee. 

The  auditing  committee  presented  their  annual  rejjort  on  the 
state  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  which  was  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  by 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  live  hundred 
and  twenty-four  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents  in  cash ;  which,  with  twenty-seven 
shares  of  stock  in  the  Union  School  House,  at  sixteen  dollars  per  share,  makes 
the  total  fund  of  the  Grand  Lodge  amount  to  $1956.23. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  PECK,  )  ^         ... 

F.  CROSWELL,  ]  ^°'^^^^^^^- 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  a  list  of  delinquent  Lodges, 
which  had  been  summoned  to  show  cause  at  the  present  com- 
munication why  the  penalties  prescribed  by  the  by-laws  should 
not  be  enforced  against  them  ;  also,  a  list  of  Lodges  whose 
charters  had  been  forfeited  and  revoked,  but  had  not  been  sur- 
surrendered. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  on  delinquencies  be 
]'eferred  to  a  special  committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Grand 
Master. 


1842.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF   CONNECTICtTT.  545 

Bro.  John  E.  Jones,  of  the  late  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  33, 
Southington,  presented  a  petition  from  the  brethren  residing  in 
that  town,  praying  the  Grand  Lodge  for  a  restoration  of  their 
charter. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  petition  he  referred  to  the 
committee  to  he  appointed  on  delinquent  Lodges  and  annulled 
charters. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  the  com- 
munications received  from  other  Grand  Lodges  during  the  past 
year.  On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  said  communications  be 
referred  to  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Con*espondence,  and  that 
such  committee  be  appointed  by  the  Chair. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Goodwin  reported,  that  agreeable  to  a  resolution 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  he  had  visited  Apollo  Lodge,  No.  59,  Suf- 
field,  assisted  them  in  reorganizing  and  electing  officers,  and  in- 
stalling the  same  ;  and  that  said  Lodge  had  resumed  labor  with 
a  flattering  prospect  of  success,  and  had  made  returns  and  was 
represented  at  this  Grand  Communication,  praying  to  be  ex- 
cused for  former  delinquencies. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  be  referred  to  the 
Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges. 

The  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master  appointed  the  following 
Committees  : 

On  Foreign  Correspondence — Brs.  B.  A.  Shepherd,  Wm.  E, 
Sanford,  and  Wm.  H.  Jones. 

On  Delinquencies  and  Annulled  Charters — Brs.  H.  Goodwin, 
2d,  A.  C.  Babcock,  and  Wm.  M.  Pemberton. 

On  the  Proceedings  of  the  Masonic  Convention  at  Washing- 
ton— Brs.  F.  Croswell,  S.  H.  Judd,  and  Asa  E.  Smith. 

On  Unfinished  Business — Brs.  E.  G.  Storer,  H.  Peck,  and  L. 
Tyler. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  proceed  to 
the  choice  of  Grand  Officers  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Brs.  A.  Budington  and  H.  Hine  were  appointed  to  receive, 
sort  and  count  the  votes,  when  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  fol- 
lowing brethren  were  declared  to  be  unanimously  elected  to 
the  several  offices  affixed  to  their  names  : 

69 


546  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

M.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HORACE  G00DWIN,"'2d,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Peck,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  and  are  hereby  presented,  to 
M.  W.  Dyer  T.  Brainard,  P.  G.  M.,  for  the  able  and  satisfactory  manner  in  which 
he  has  discharged  the  duties  of  Grand  Master  for  three  years  past,  and  that  the 
Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  coijamunicate  the  same. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Storer,  a  committee  was  appointed, 
consisting  of  Brs.  Pemberton  and  Hine,  to  wait  upon  M.  W. 
Past  Grand  Master  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  and  request  him  to  attend 
Grand  Lodge  at  7  o'clock  this  evening,  and  install  the  newly 
elected  Grand  Officers. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment,  and 
adjourned  to  7  o'clock. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  11. 

At  7  o'clock  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  refreshment 
to  labor  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

The  committee  appointed  to  wait  upon  Past  Grand  Master 
Ellis,  reported  that  they  had  attended  to  that  duty,  and  that 
Bro.  Ellis  was  in  waiting,  ready  to  install  the  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  Whereupon  the  Grand  Lodge  went  into  Grand 
Committee,  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  ceremony  of  in- 
stallation, M.  W.  Past  Grand  Master  William  H.  Ellis  in  the 
chair,  when  the  several  Grand  Officers,  elected  in  the  afternoon, 
were  duly  installed. 

After  the  ceremony  of  installation,  the  Grand  Committee  was 
dissolved,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  resumed  labor  ;  when  Bro. 
Ellis  reported  that  he  had  installed  the  elected  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  agreeable  to  the  Ancient  Consti- 
tutions and  usages  of  the  Fraternitv. 


1S42.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  547 

The  M.  W.  Grrancl  Master  then  announced  the  following  ap- 
pointments : 

W.  Br.  Mitchell  S.  Mitchell,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         William  E.  Sanford,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"         Benoni  a.  Shepherd,  Grand  Marshal. 
Rev.  Br.  John  Moore,  Grand  Chaplain. 

"     George  Shumway,  Grand  Sentinel. 

'•'      Wm.  M.  PeMBERTON,  )  ri       ■  J    Oi.  i 

.    "     William  D.  Eaton,   P^^^^  ^*^™^^- 
"     Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  appointed  officers  were  then  severally  invested  with  their 
jewels  and  badges  of  office,  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master, 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  made  the  follow 
ing  report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Foreign  Correspondence  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  for  the  past  year,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  they  have  examined,  as  fully  as 
their  limited  time  would  permit,  communications  from  the  Grand  Lodges  of 
Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  Georgia,  Kentucky,  Ohio,  In- 
diana, Alabama,  Missouri,  Florida,  Arkansas,  Michigan  and  Texas,  consisting 
chiefly  of  reports  of  the  proceedings  and  condition  of  said  Grand  Lodges,  and 
indicating  a  very  great  degree  of  Masonic  activity,  usefulness  and  respectability. 
Your  committee  find  that  several  of  the  Grand  Lodges  with  whom  we  correspond 
have  acted  upon  the  subject  submitted  to  their  consideration,  in  the  year  1839, 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  namely,  the  propriety  of  transacting  the  ordi- 
nary business  of  the  subordinate  Lodges,  (except  conferring  the  third  degree,) 
when  opened  in  the  degree  of  Entered  Apprentice  or  Fellow  Craft.  As  the  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri  have  hitherto  escaped  the 
attention  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  your  committee  would  hope  that  the  subject  may 
have  such  reference  as  will  insure  it  the  most  serious  and  attentive  consideration 
of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

Ycur  committee  observe  that  nearly  all  the  Grand  Lodges  demand  a  small  an- 
nual fee  from  each  individual  member  of  their  subordinates,  and  we  would  com- 
mend the  subject  to  the  attention  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

Your  committee  would  also  recommend  that  the  following  resolution  should  be 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  our  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  reciprocate  the  courtesy  of 
the  several  Grand  Lodges  that  have  favored  us  with  their  correspondence,  by 
transmitting  to  them  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 
All  of  which  is  fraternally  submitted, 

WM.  E.  SANFORD,  )  ^ 

B.  A.  SHEPHERD,  5  <^^'i»"««^- 


548  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         [^^7, 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  rej)ort  and  resolution  be 
adopted. 

The  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges  and  Annulled  Charters 
submitted  the  following  report  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut': 

The  committee  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  delinquent  and  annulled 
Lodges,  forfeited  charters,  &c.,  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  members  of 
the  late  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  33,  at  Southington,  have  attended  to  the  duties  as- 
signed them,  and  ascertained  the  following  facts  : — That  said  Friendship  Lodge, 
from  its  first  organization,  had  been  faithful  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  never  failing  to 
make  returns  and  send  representatives  to  the  annual  communications,  until  the 
year  1838,  when,  in  consequence  of  the  general  apathy  which  prevailed,  said 
Lodge,  for  the  first  time,  neglected  to  representor  report  themselves  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  which  neglect  was  repeated  in  the  year  1839  ;  that  for  the  delinquency  of 
these  two  years,  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  annual  communication  in  1810,  revoked 
the  charter  of  said  Lodge,  with  several  others  in  the  same  condition ;  that  since 
that  time  the  members  of  said  Lodge  have  aroused  from  their  lethargy,  the 
spirit  of  Masonry  has  revived  among  them,  and  they  are  anxious  to  resume  their 
labors.  In  view  of  these  facts,  the  committee  recommend  that  the  charter  of 
said  Friendship  Lodge  be  restored. 

Your  committee  would  further  report,  that  they  find  several  of  the  Lodges  on 
the  list  reported  by  the  Grand  Secretary  as  delinquent  at  the  last  annual  commu- 
nication, to  be  represented  at  this  time,  and  would  recommend  that  the  repre- 
sentatives present  be  allowed  to  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  the  penalties 
of  the  by-laws  should  not  be  enforced  against  said  Lodges. 

Your  committee  beg  leave  further  to  report,  that  several  of  the  charters  hereto- 
fore revoked  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  have  not  been  surrendered  to  the  Grand  Secre- 
tary, but  are  retained,  together  with  the  books,  jewels,  and  other  effects  of  the 
annulled  Lodges,  in  the  possession  of  individuals.  This  state  of  things  ought 
not  in  any  case  to  be  allowed.  It  is  in  direct  violation  of  the  laws  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  repugnant  to  the  spirit  and  genius  of  the  Masonic 
Institution,  inasmuch  as  it  might  become  a  prolific  source  of  illegitimate  or  clan- 
destine Masonry.  The  Grand  Lodge,  by  virtue  of  an  act  of  incorporation,  it  is 
believed,  possesses  adequate  powers  to  enforce  its  own  regulations ;  and  when  it 
is  considered  that  these  wholesome  regulations  were  originally  framed  by  the 
subordinate  Lodges  themselves,  through  the  agency  of  their  authorized  repre- 
sentatives, and  subsequently  ratified  and  assented  to  by  the  individual  members 
of  the  same  Lodges,  it  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  any  reasonable  objections  can 
be  urged  against  a  strict  enforcement  of  the  by-laws  and  regulations  requiring 
all  demised  or  annulled  Lodges  to  surrender  their  effects  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Your  committee  deem  it  not  improper  here  to  introduce  an  extract  from  the 
by-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

Art.  9.  Upon  the  demise  of  any  Lodge  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand 
Lodge,  the  last  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  said  Lodge  shall,  within  six  months 
afterwards,  surrender  to  the  Grand  Secretary  the  books,  papers,  jewels,  funds 
and  furniture  of  such  Lodge. 


1842.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  549 

For  the  purpose  of  having  the  above  article  of  the  by-laws  expressly  understood 
and  strictly  enforced,  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  annual  communication,  May  8th, 
A.  L.  5839,  passed  the  following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That  all  Lodges  whose  charters  have  been  or  hereafter  may  be  an- 
nulled or  revoked,  be  required  to  deliver  the  same,  together  with  their  books, 
papers,  jewels,  funds  and  furniture,  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  agreeable  to  the  by- 
laws ;  and  the  Grand  Secretary  is  hereby  directed  and  empowered  to  demand  and 
receive  the  same,  either  in  person  or  by  proxy,  and  deposit  them  with  the  ar- 
chives of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Your  committee  do  not  deem  it  necessary  for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  take  any 
other  action  on  the  subject  than  to  enforce  a  strict  compliance  with  the  existing 
laws  and  regulations. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

H.  GOODWIN,  2d,        ) 

W.  M.  PEMBERTON,  \  CommiUee. 

A.  C.  BABCOCK,  3 

On  motion,  in  was  voted,  that  the  report  be  approved  and 
accepted. 

The  list  of  delinquent  Lodges  was  then  read  by  the  Grand 
Secretary,  when  the  following  were  excused,  in  consequence  of 
satisfactory  reasons  being  given  by  their  representatives,  for 
their  non-attendance  at  the  last  annual  communication,  viz  : — 
St.  John's  No.  2,  St.  John's  No.  8,  St.  Paul's  No.  11,  King  Hi- 
ram No.  12,  Moriah  No.  15,  Hiram  No.  18,  Columbia  No.  15, 
Morning  Star  No.  47,  Widow's  Son  No.  53,  Apollo  No.  59. 

No  representatives  being  j)resent  from  Federal  Lodge,  No.  41, 
and  Putnam  No.  46,  and  no  excuse  being  offered  for  their  for- 
mer delinquency,  it  was,  on  motion,  voted,  that  the  penalty  of 
the  by-laws  be  demanded  of  said  delinquents,  and  that  one 
year  from  this  time  be  allowed  them  to  settle  the  same. 

With  regard  to  those  delinquent  Lodges  which  have  made  no 
returns  for  three  or  more  years,  and  have  oifered  no  reasons  for 
such  neglect,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  charters  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  5,  Columbia  Lodge,  No.  26, 
and  Widow's  Son  Lodge,  No.  66,  be  and  they  are  hereby  revoked,  and  declared 
null  and  and  void,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  demand  and  re- 
ceive their  effects. 

The  following  resolution,  which  was  recommended  in  the  re- 
port of  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges,  was  unanimously 
adopted  : 


550  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Resolved,  That  the  charter  of  Friendsliip  Lodge,  No.  33,  be  restored  to  the 
brethren  in  Southington,  and  that  Bro.  John  E.  Jones  be  allowed  to  take  his  seat 
in  this  Grand  Lodge  as  the  representative  of  said  Lodge. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  proceedings  of  the 
Masonic  Convention  held  at  Washington,  in  March  last,  re- 
ported the  following  resolution,  which  was  read  and  laid  on  the 
table  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Master  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  in  compliance  with  the 
recommendation  of  said  Convention,  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  Grand  Lecturer, 
to  meet  the  other  Grand  Lecturers  that  may  be  appointed,  at  Baltimore,  on  the 
second  Monday  in  Maj',  1843. 

Bro.  Sanford  oifered  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  liereafter  each  subordinate  Lodge  shall  be  required  to  pay  into 
the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  the  sum  of  twelve  and  a  half  cents,  as  an  annual 
fee,  for  each  member  belonging  to  such  Lodge,  in  regular  standing,  and  to  pre- 
sent a  list  of  all  its  members,  at  each  annual  meeting  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

Resolved,  That  each  delegate  to  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 

cents  for  each  mile  that  he  is  obliged  to  travel  to  attend  the  annual 

communications  of  the  Grand  Lodge :  provided,  that  the  delegates  from  any  Lodge 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  a  greater  sum  than  is  jjaid  for  the  annual  fees  of  the  mem- 
bers of  such  Lodge. 

After  some  discussion,  the  above  resolutions  were  laid  on  the 
table. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Peck  submitted  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  members  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  appoint- 
ed, who  may,  at  their  discretion,  direct  the  Grand  Treasurer  to  subscribe  an 
amount  not  exceeding  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  of  the  funds  in  his  hands, 
to  the  stock  in  Union  School;  and  the  Grand  Treasurer  is  hereby  directed  to 
subscribe  such  an  amount  to  the  said  stock,  as  the  aforesaid  committee  shall  di- 
rect ;  and  the  Grand  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  is  hereby  authorized  and  di- 
rected to  attend  all  the  meetings  of  said  corporation,  and  to  vote  upon  all  stock 
standing  in  the  name  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  resolution  was  discussed  at  considerable  length,  and  on 
the  question  of  its  passage  it  was  adopted  by  the  following  vote  : 
affirmative  23,  negative  5. 

Brs.  William  H.  Ellis,  William  H.  Jones,  and  Henry  Peck, 
were  nominated  and  appointed  to  compose  the  above  mentioned 
committee. 


1842.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUf ,  551 

On  motion  of  M.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  several  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge 
be  requested  to  furnish  the  Grand  Secretary  with  a  copy  of  their  by-laws,  rules 
and  regulations,  at  or  previous  to  the  next  Grand  Comiuunication,  in  order  that 
it  may  b^  known  whether  the  same  are  in  accordance  with  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  reported  the  follow- 
ing resolution,  as  having  been  laid  on  the  table  at  the  last  an- 
nual communication  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Treasurer  be  directed  to  invest  the  money  in  his  hand, 
belonging  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  in  bank  stock. 

After  some  discussion  the  further  consideration  of  this  reso- 
lution was  postponed  to  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  same  committee  reported  that  no  action  had  been  taken 
upon  the  proposition  to  adopt  the  representative  system,  which 
had  been  submitted  to  this  Grand  Lodge  by  the  E.  W.  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York,  May,  A.  L.  5839  ;  and  as  the 
committee  deemed  this  subject  to  be  one  of  vast  importance  to 
the  craft,  they  would  recommend  that  some  definite  action  be 
had  on  the  same  at  this  communication.  Whereupon,  on  mo- 
tion of  R.  W.  Bro.  Jones,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  subject  of  interchanging  representatives  M'ith  other  Grand 
Lodges,  be  referred  to  the  elected  officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  with  power  to  act 
in  the  premises  as  they  shall  deem  the  honor  and  interest  of  this  Grand  Lodge 
and  the  welfare  of  the  craft  in  general  may  require ;  and  that  the  R.  W.  Grand 
Secretary  communicate  the  same  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York,  at  or  previous 
to  their  annual  communication  in  June  next. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Croswell,  the  resolution  authorizing  the 
Grand  Master  to  appoint  a  Grand  Lecturer  was  taken  up  and 
considered,  and  the  question  of  its  passage  was  decided  in  the 
negative. 

The  Grand  Secretary  read  a  communication  from  the  W. 
Master  of  Jerusalem  Lodge,  No.  49,  requesting  the  Grand  Lodge 
to  accept  a  deed  in  trust  of  certain  real  estate  in  the  town  of 
Kidgefield,  belonging  to  said  Jerusalem  Lodge.     Whereupon  it 


552  GRAND    LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

was  ordered,  that  the  Grrand  Secretary  be  authorized  to  accept 
such  deed  of  trust  in  the  name  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Henry  Peck  and 
Frederick  Croswell,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year,- 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

Attest,  E.  G.  STOKER,  Gh'a7id  Secretary. 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Avery  C.  Babcock,  W.  M.,  Wm.  E.  Saiiford,  S.  W., 
George  Shnmway,  J.  W.  Initiated — Charles  L.  Uhlhorn,  Leonard  Bostwick, 
George  D.  L.  Dalryraple,  Henry  Austin,  Elizur  Hubbell,  Wm.  Jumper,  Nathaniel 
Booth,  .John  C.  Hayden,  Theodore  W.  Werner,  Amos  Bostwick,  James  Fyfe. 
Admitted — Obadiah  Pease,  Wm.  Jennings,  Noah  Chandler,  James  Wiuship. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Caleb  Miller,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Corey,  S.  W., 
Epaphroditus  Clark,  J.  W, 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeport— Wm.  Lum,  W.  M.,  Elias  Hodge,  S.  W.,  David 
L.  Mills,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  W.  M.,  Benoni  A.  Shep- 
herd, S.  W.,  Joseph  C.  Burke,  J.  W.  Initiated — Gurdon  Robbins,  Jr.,  John  Ward, 
Jonathan  Watson,  David  Clark,  Wm.  B.  Ely,  John  H.  Preston,  Henry  H.  Wild- 
man,  Samuel  Tripp. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Asa  E.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Henry  W.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Robert  Ells,  J.  W. 

KING  SOLOMON'S,  No.  7,  Woodbury— Charles  B.  Phelps,  W.  M.,  Mitchell  S. 
Mitchell,  S.  W.,  Charles  H.  Webb,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Uiford,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  George  Dewey,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  P.  Bolles,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard, 
S.  W.,  Hiram  Upson,  J.  W. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Henry  Cowles,  W.  M.,  Giles  Stillman,  S. 
W.,  George  Cowles,  J,  W. 


1842.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  553 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Chester  Lj-on,  W.  M.,  Dyer  Ames,  S.  W.,  Jo- 
seph Hutchins,  J.  AV. 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  W.  M.,  Charles  Sherman,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Dutton,  J.  AV. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Cyrenus  Candee,  W.  M.,  Edson  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Charles  Perkins,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Henry  Dayton,  W.  M.,  George  Merrick,  S. 
W.,  Oliver  Brainard,  J.  W.     Initiated  — Wm.  Rodman. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Elisha  Douglass,  AV.  M.,  Joshim  Hamilton,  S. 
W.,  A.  AVhite  Bush,  J.  AV.  Initiated — Caleb  S.  Holt,  Jeremiah  Potts,  Richard 
Miller. 

FRIENDSHIP,  No.  33,  Southington— Ralph  Pearl,  AV.  M.,  .John  E.  Jones,  S. 
AV.,  Samuel  Hitchcock,  J.  AV. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Ira  AVildman,  AV.  M.,  AVm.  H.  Banks,  S.  AV.,  John 
Ferguson,  J.  AV. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  AVaterbury— AVm.  M.  Pemberton,  AV.  M.,  Henry  Chatflekl, 
S.  AV.,  Henry  Hine,  J.  AV.  Initiated — Henry  Jones,  Philip  A.  Cowles.  Admit- 
ted— Charles  S.  Seymour,  Leonard  Baldwin,  Samuel  H.  Judd. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  V7indham— Gurdon  Hebbard,  AV.  M.,  Caleb  Hay- 
ward,  S.  AV.,  David  L.  Fuller,  J.  AV. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  AVoodstock— Samuel  Underwood,  AV.  M.,  Luther  Rawson, 
S.  V^.,  Jabez  Amsbury,  J.  AV. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Garry  Riggs,  AV.  M.,  Charles  Ransom,  S.  AV., 
Samuel  Wire,  J.  W. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Hezekiah  Scott,  AV.  M.,  Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
S.  AV.,  Sherwood  Mead,  J.  AV. 

AVARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  AV.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  AV.. 
Ransford  Button,  J.  AV. 

AVARREN,  No.  5*1,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  AV.  M.,  Hiram  Barton,  S.  AV., 
Braddock  Strong,  J.  AV. 

AVIDOAVS  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Thomas  T.  AVells,  AV.  M.,  Joseph 
Frink,  S.  AV.,  John  Brown,  J.  AV. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpoint,  AV.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  AV., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  AV.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  AV,, 
Evits  Hungerford,  J.  AV. 

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554  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Anson  "Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Wilson  B. 
Spring,  S.  W.,  Nathaniel  Healy,  J.  W.  Initiated — Edmund  B.  Squire,  Merwin 
Woodworth,  Wm.  H.  Reynolds. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Julius  Harmon,  W.  M.,  "Wm.  Tuttle,  S.  "W.,  Curtis 
Rose,  J.  "W. 

"WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  flarvey,  "W.  M.,  "Wm.  N.  Clark,  S.  "W., 
John  Streeter,  J.  "W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— John  S.  Burrows,  "W.  M.,  Roswell  Allen,  S.  "W., 
Eldredge  Splcer,  J.  "W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  "W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
"VV.,  George  Carriel,  J.  "W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  "W.  M.,  Nathan  Johnson, 
S.  "W.,  Ezra  Stillman,  J.  "W, 


1843.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  555 


SPECIAL  COMMUNICATION,  1843. 

At  a  Special  Communication  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand 
Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the  State  of  Connecticut, 
held  by  order  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  at  Masonic  Hall,  in 
the  city  of  New  Haven,  Wednesday  evening,  April  19th,  A.  D. 
1843,  A.  L.  5843  : 

OFFICEES  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  ANER  BRADLEY,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 
Bro.    WM.  E.  SANFORD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"       GEORGE  SHUMWAY,  Grand  Sentinel. 

"       ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

MEMBERS  PRESENT  I 

Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  Anson  T.  Colt,  Marcus  Bassett,  Nahum 
Hayward,  Nahum  Flagg,  R.  S.  Hinman. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  ample  form. 

Brs.  Ellis,  Babcock  and  Storer  were  aj^pointed  a  Committee 
on  Credentials,  who  subsequently  reported  that  the  following- 
brethren  were  entitled  to  vote  on  this  occasion,  viz  :  Aner  Brad- 
ley, Henry  Peck,  Horace  Goodwin,  2d,  Avery  C.  Babcock,  Wm. 
H,  Ellis,  E.  G.  Storer,  William  E.  Sanford,  George  Shumway, 
Anson  T.  Colt,  Marcus  Bassett,  Isaac  Tuttle  ;  which  rej)ort 
was  approved  and  accepted. 

W.  Bro.  Sanford  submitted  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  approve  the  resolution  of  the  Convention  held 
at  Washiiinfton,  touching  the  Convention  of  Grand  Lecturers  to  be  held  in  Balti- 
more on  the  second  Mondaj'  in  May,  18i3. 

Resolved,  That  Bro. ,  be  authorized  to  proceed  to  Baltimore  fov 

the  purpose  of  representing  this  Grand  Lodge  in  said  Convention :  provided,  that 
by  such  appointment  no  expense  shall  accrue  to  this  Grand  Lodge. 


556  GRAND  LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

After  some  discussion,  the  above  resolutions  were  rejected, — 
yeas  4,  nays  5. 

On  motion,  voted,  that  a  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspon- 
dence be  appointed  at  this  time  to  examine  such  communications 
as  may  have  come  to  hand  previous  to  the  next  annual  commu- 
nication of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  make  report  at  that  time. 

Brs.  Ellis,  Storer  and  Babcock  were  appointed. 

On  motion  of  M.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  voted,  that  the  proceedings 
of  this  special  communication  be  published  with  the  j)roceedings 
of  the  next  Grand  Annual  Communication, 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  closed. 

E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


1843.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  557 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1843. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Mort  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  10th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1843,  A.  L.  5843 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  ! 

R.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"  AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"  BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"  ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

Bro.  MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon. 

"  WM.  E.  SANFORD,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon. 

"  BENONI  A.  SHEPHERD,  Grand  Marshal. 

"  WILLIAM  PEMBERTON,  l^       .  ^.         , 

«  WILLIAM  C.  EATON,        |  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

"       JOHN  BELCHER,  Grand  Tyler. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — William  E.  Sanford,  Wm.  Storer, 

Robinson  S.  Hinman. 
No.  2,  St.  John's,  Middletown — Jonathan  Kilbourn,  Jr. 
No.  4,  St,  John's,   Hartford — Benoni  A,   Shepherd,    Theodore 

Spencer,  Allen  Goodwin. 
No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — James  Stevens. 
No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— Phineas  B.  Taylor. 
No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Samuel  French. 
No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Henry  Cowles. 
No.  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Cyrenus  Candee. 
No.  23,  St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 
No.  25,  Columbia,  Glastenbury — William  J.  Covell,  Nelson  C. 

Daniels. 


558  GEAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

No.  28,  Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Solomon  Terry. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Oliver  Shepherd. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Joshua  Gruilford,  William  M. 

Pemberton. 
No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Gurdon  Hebbard. 
No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Samuel  Turner,  Ebenezer  Porter, 
No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — David  McEwen. 
No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — Grideon  Hollister. 
No.  51,  Warren,  Chatham — Nelson  0.  Daniels. 
No.  53,  Widow's  Son,  North  Stonington — Thomas  P.  Wattles. 
No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Luman  Preston. 
No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — William  Hyde. 
No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Anson  Wheeler,  W.  B, 

Spring. 
No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield— Wm.  Tattle,  John  P.  Ingraham. 
No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford— Wm.  N.  Clark. 
No.  68,  Charity,  Groton— Roswell  Allen. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Cyrus  Goodell. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  form,  at  2  o'clock  P.  M., 
the  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master  in  the  chair. 

Brs.  R.  S.  Hinman,  B.  A.  Shepherd,  and  Wm.  Storer,  were 
appointed  a  Committee  on  Credentials. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  the  fol- 
lowing communication  from  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  which 
was  read  and  laid  on  the  table  : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut : 

BRETHREJf : — Be  pleased  to  accept  my  most  grateful  acknowlecloements  for  the 
repeated  honors  conferred  upon  rae  by  this  Most  AVorshipful  Grand  Lodge. 

Having  for  a  number  of  years  been  associated  with  the  Honorable  Fraternity, 
and  with  a  band  of  brethren,  my  immediate  predecessors  in  office,  that  have  made 
themselves  conspicuous  in  maintaining,  defending  and  preserving  the  "ancient 
constitutions "  of  our  Order,  in  days  less  cheering  than  the  present;  and  having 
the  fullest  confidence  in  those  with  whom  I  leave  our  most  noble  Order,  that,  "  as 
they  have  received  the  laws  of  the  Society  and  its  accumulated  funds  in  sacred 
trust,  they  will  never  renounce  nor  abandon  them,"  but  will  transmit  to  posterity, 
unimpaired,  the  noble  Institution  committed  to  their  charge,  I  most  respectful'y 
decline  being  considered  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Grand  Master,  at  the  annual 
Grand  Communication. 


1843.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT,      >     559 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  inform  the  Grand  Lodge  that  the  system  of  exchang- 
ing representatives  is  rapidly  extending  witli  the  Grand  Lodges,  and  that  since 
our  last  annual  communication  I  have  appointed  the  R.  W.  James  H.  Rogers,  of 
New  York,  to  be  our  representative  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  that  State,  and  the 
R.  W.  and  Rev.  Albert  Case,  of  Charleston,  to  be  our  representative  near  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina.  Ci'edentials  and  commissions,  in  dne  form,  were 
early  forwarded  to  these  respected  brethren,  and  each  was  furnished  with  the  re- 
galia of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  and  I  have  the  satisfaction  to  state 
that  both  have  been  cordially  received  and  welcomed  by  the  respective  Grand 
Lodges  to  which  they  were  accredited.  I  am  also  hapj^y  to  be  informed  that  two 
distinguished  brethren  have  received  commissions  as  representatives  of  the  above 
mentioned  Grand  Lodges  near  our  Grand  Lodge,  and  will  doubtless  be  received 
by  you  at  the  approaching  communication.  Permit  me  in  this  place  to  commend 
to  your  notice  the  subject  of  furnishing  our  foreign  representatives  with  appro- 
priate jewels,  for  which  no  provision  has  heretofore  been  made. 

I  would  also  respestfully  suggest  the  propriety  of  raising  a  Committee  to. 
extend  the  jurisdiction  of  the  subordinate  Lodges,  as  there  are  a  great  number 
who  have  resigned  their  charters,  and  others  that  have  been  annulled,  that  the 
brethren  may  all  be  included  within  limits  that  shall  best  serve  the  interests  of 
Masonry.  Respectfully  and  fraternally  yours, 

ANER  BRADLEY,   Or  and  Blaster . 
Watertown,  April  24,  1843. 

The  minutes  of  tlie  special  communication  of  tlie  Grand 
Lodge,  held  at  New  Haven,  April  19,  A.  L.  5843,  were  read 
and  approved. 

The  Committee  on  Credentials  reported  the  names  of  repre- 
sentatives of  twenty-seven  Lodges,  entitled  to  seats  in  the  Grand 
Lodge,  with  a  list  of  officers  and  permanent  members  who  were 
present ;  which  rej)ort  was  accepted,  and  the  said  brethren  took 
their  seats  as  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

The  Auditing  Committee  presented  the  following  report, 
which  was  read,  approved  and  accepted  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

The  subscribers,  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  a  committee  to  examine  and  settle  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Secretary,  beg  leave  to  report,  that  all  the  moneys  due  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary,  during  the  past  year,  have  been  bj^ 
him  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  that  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Grand  Treasurer  a  balance  due  the  Grand  Lodge,  of  one  thousand  three  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars  and  five  cents  in  cash ;  which,  together  with  twenty-seven  shares 
of  the  old  stock  of  the  Union  School  Company,  at  fifteen  dollars  per  share,  amoimt- 
ing  to  four  hundred  and  five  dollars,  and  thirty  shares  of  the  new  stock  of  said 
Union  School  Company,  on  which  the  first  and  second  installments  have  been 


560  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

paid,  viz :  six  dollars  a  share,  amounting  to  one  hundred  and  eighty  dollars, 
which  makes  the  whole  amount  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  and  five  cents.  $1915.05. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  PECK. 


New  Haven,  May  8,  A.  L.  1843. 


F.  CROSWELL;  S  Committee. 


The  following  committees  were  appointed  by  the  R.  W. 
Deputy  Grand  Master  : 

On  the  communication  from  the  M.  W.  Q-rand  Master,  BrSo 
Ellis,  Pemberton  and  Spring. 

On  Delinquent  Lodges,  Brs.  Tyler,  Storer  and  Wildman, 

On  By-Laws,  Brs.  Crawford,  Ellis  and  Jones. 

On  Foreign  Correspondence  for  the  ensuing  year,  Brs.  Hin- 
man,  Babcock  and  Storer. 

On  Unfinished  Business,  Brs.  Jones,  Hyde  and  Spencer. 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence,  appointed  at  the 
last  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  made  the  following 
report,  which  was  read  and  accepted  and  ordered  to  be  pub- 
lished : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  : 

The  Committee  on  Foreign  Correspondence  and  communications  received  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  during  the  past  year,  have  had  before  them  communications 
and  printed  journals  of  the  proceedings  of  the  following  Grand  Lodges,  viz: 
Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania;  Maryland,  Virginia,  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina.  Georgia,  Ten- 
nessee, Kentucky,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Alabama,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Mississippi,  Arkan- 
sas, Florida,  the  Republic  of  Texas,  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ireland. 

The  Committee  have  given  these  communications  and  documents  all  the  atten- 
tion and  examination  their  limited  time  would  permit,  and  from  the  information 
contained  and  derived  from  them,  they  are  happy  to  report,  that  Free  Masonry, 
our  time-honored  and  valued  Institution,  is  apparently  prosperous  and  flourishing 
throughout  our  widely  extended  Republic,  and  elsewhere  as  far  as  heard  from. 

In  addition  to  the  several  communications  above  named,  the  Committee  have 
had  before  them  three  copies  of  a  public  newspaper  published  at  Mount  Clemens, 
Macomb  County,  Michigan,  which  have  been  received  by  our  Grand  Secretary 
the  past  year,  and  containing  what  purports  to  be  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Michigan  ;  from  which  they  learn  that  the  convention  of  delegates  from 
the  several  Grand  Lodges  which  met  at  Washington  City,  on  the  2d  day  of  March, 
1842,  declined  to  recognize  said  Grand  Lodge  of  Michigan,  as  in  their  opinion  it 
had  not  been  legally  instituted.  Several  of  the  Grand  Lodges  in  communication 
with  this  Grand  Lodge  have  come  to  the  same  result,  and  your  committee  are 


1843.] 


GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  56l 


restrained  to  adopt  the  same  opinion.  The  Committee,  however,  would  not  cen- 
sure the  Masonic  Fraternity  of  Michigan  for  their  incorrect  proceedings  in  the 
formation  and  organization  of  their  Grand  Lodge,  believing  their  intentions  were 
good,  and  their  errors  not  designed.  They  therefore  advise  that  this  Grand  Lodge, 
in  the  true  spirit  of  friendship  and  brotherly  love,  recommend  to  the  subordinate 
Lodges  and  brethren  of  Michigan,  so  to  review  and  reorganize  their  Grand  Lodge, 
that  the  right  hand  of  fellowship  can  be  extended  to  them  by  their  sister  Grand 
Lodges,  and  by  every  individual  member  of  the  fraternity  throughout  the  world. 

The  committee,  from  the  hasty  and  cursory  glance  they  have  had  of  the  doings 
of  the  several  Grand  Lodges,  find  very  much  to  approve,  and  which  is  worthy  of 
commendation  and  praise  ;  and  while  they  do  not  desire  in  the  least  to  interfere 
with  the  opinions  or  action  of  others,' they  are  reluctantly  compelled  to  say,  that 
they  find  a  disposition  prevailing  in  some  instances,  which  is  but  tvAy  common 
and  general  at  the  present  day,  in  many  other,  than  our  own  beloved  institution 
of  Free  Masonry,  a  disposition  and  a  desire  to  regulate  and  govern  to  much.  One 
Grand  Lodge  has  seventy-seven  articles  of  constitutional  rules,  and  twenty-three 
rules  of  order,  for  the  government  of  subordinate  Lodges  and  their  Grand  Lodge, 
Another  has  twenty-four  articles  of  constitution  and  fifty-nine  standing  resolves 
for  government;  many  of  which,  in  both  instances,  extend  to  minute  details, 
which,  in  the  opinion  of  your  Committee,  are  but  of  small  benefit  to  the  craft,  or 
for  the  good  of  IMasonry  in  general.  Your  Committee  are  decidedly  of  opinion, 
that  a  few  plain  general  common-sense  regulations  for  the  government  of  Grand 
Lodges,  leaving  to  subordinate  Lodges  the  power  and  right  to  regulate  and  govern 
themselves  according  to  time  and  circumstances,  strictly  complying  with  all  the 
ancient  usages,  customs  and  landmarks  of  the  Order,  will  best  tend  to  promote 
the  interest  of  Free  Masonry,  and  be  most  conducive  to  friendship,  morality  and 
brotherly  love. 

The  Committee  observe  that  several  of  our  sister  Grand  Lodges  have  recom- 
mended  and  adopted  a  system  of  appointing  Grand  Lecturers,  for  the  avowed  pur- 
pose of  bringing  about  a  uniform  system  of  work  throughout  the  United  States. 
While  we  admit  that  good  may  result  from  the  information  to  be  derived  and 
communicated  by  Grand  Lecturers,  we  have  serious  fears  that  the  institution  will 
in  the  end  suffer,  in  consequence  of  the  acts  and  doings  of  appointed  and  paid 
Grand  Lecturers.  •'  A  burnt  child  dreads  the  fire,"  is  an  old  and  valued  adage, 
and  when  we  recollect  that  paid  and  appointed  Grand  Lecturers  first  published 
and  circulated  Masonic  charts,  monitors,  and  other  works,  which  subsequently 
proved  to  be  injurious  to  our  Order— that  several  paid  Grand  Lecturers  became 
renouncing  Masons,  and  among  the  first  and  foremost  to  slander  and  abuse  many 
of  the  faithful  and  beloved  members  and  pillars  of  the  craft,  who  in  the  dark 
days  of  anti-masonic  adversity  adhered  to  their  obligations  and  their  Masonic 
faith — ought  we  not  to  fear  that  like  causes  may  again  produce  like  effects  1  and 
that  paid  Grand  Lecturers  may  be  hereafter  what  paid  Grand  Lecturers  hereto- 
fore  i)roved  themselves  to  bel  Your  Committee  sincerely  believe  that  the  prin- 
cii)les,  usages  and  customs,  and  the  work  in  the  several  degrees  of  ancient  craft 
Masonry,  can  be  most  safely  and  beneficially  communicated  (without  fee  or  re- 
ward) by  instructive  tongues  to  attentive  ears,  and  thus  lodged  in  faithful  breasts, 
in  like  manner  be  handed  down  to  the  latest  Masonic  posterity. 

71 


562  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Your  Committee  are  gratified  to  find  that  the  representative  system,  which  was 
approved  by  this  Grand  Lodge  in  1841,  has  been  adopted  and  carried  out  by  sev- 
eral Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  and  do  not  doubt,  that  in  due  time  will 
become  general.     They  cannot  but  believe  that  the  most  beneficial  results  will  be 
derived  therefrom — that  an  interchange  of  opinions,  and  a  more  extended  know- 
ledge of  each  other's  interests,  will  tend  to  strengthen  the  bonds  of  union  between 
those  whose  only  competition  should  be  "  who  can  best  work,  and  best  agree." 
Your  Committee  would  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  : 
Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  reciprocate  the  courtesy  of  the  Grand  Lodges 
in  communication  with  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary,  as  soon 
as  convenient,  transmit  one  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Lodge  at  its 
present  communication,  to  each  foreign  Grand  Lodge  of  which  he  may  have  the 
address,   ahd  to  each  Grand  Lodge  in  the  United  States;  also,  one  copy  to  the 
publisher  of  the  Mount  Clement  Patriot,  at  Mount  Clement,  Michigan. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,    ) 

A.  C.  BABCOCK.  V  Com??ji«ee. 

E.  G.  STOKER,      S 


The  Grand  Marshal  having  announced  that  the  representa- 
tives of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  York  and  South  Carohna 
were  in  waiting,  it  was  ordered,  that  they  be  forthwith  intro- 
duced. 

The  K.  W.  Senior  Grand  Warden  then  introduced  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  the  E.  W.  WilHani  H.  Jones,  as  the  representa- 
tive of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York.  Bro.  Jones 
appeared  in  the  rich  costume  of  his  constituents,  presented  his 
credentials,  and  addressed  the  Grand  Lodge  as  follows  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York,  desirous  of  cultivating  a 
friendly  intercourse  with  this  Grand  Lodge,  by  means  of  the  representative  system, 
a  system  prevailing  with  the  Grand  Lodges  throughout  the  Union,  has  seen  fit  to 
commission  me  as  their  representative  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut. 

Although  highly  flattered  by  this  distinguished  preference,  still  I  cannot  but 
entertain  the  wish  that  it  had  been  conferred  upon  some  brother  more  worthy  of 
it,  and  more  able  to  discharge  the  duties  of  such  an  appointment  to  his  own  sat- 
isfaction and  that  of  the  distinguished  body  of  Masons  from  which  it  has  em- 
anated. 

In  return,  however,  for  this  high  proof  of  confidence  and  regard  from  such  a 
source,  I  could  not  but  feel  willing  to  do  such  justice  to  the  appointment  as  my 
poor  abilities  may  enable  me. 

In  all  matters  of  interest  to  the  fraternity  in  general,  or  our  brethren  of  New 
York  in  particular,  and  confided  to  my  care  and  attention  before  this  Grand  Lodge 


1843.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  563 

by  the  V,.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York,  my  best  endeavors  shall 
not  be  wanting  that  they  be  so  arranged  as  may  comport  with  justice,  and  aid  in 
supporting  the  principles  of  our  ancient  and  noble  Institution. 

The  E.  W.  William  H.  Ellis  was  then  introdiicecl  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina,  and  on  de- 
livering his  credentials  addressed  the  Grand  Lodge  as  follows  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

I  appear  before  you  clad  in  the  regalia  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  South 
Carolina,  and  hold  in  my  hand  a  commission  constituting  me  their  representative 
to  tliis  Grand  Lodge. 

This  Grand  Lodge  having  adopted  the  repre<;entative  system,  and  having  its 
representative  at  the  Grand  Lodge  I  now  appear  to  represent,  and  having  also  in- 
terchanged representatives  with  other  Grand  Lodges,  I  need  not  on  this  occasion 
advert  to  the  subject,  or  speak  of  the  benefits  expected  to  be  derived  from  the 
representative  system. 

I  assure  you  R.  W.  Master  and  brethren,  that  I  feel  proud  of  the  honor  con- 
ferrred  upon  me  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina,  in  selecting  me  to  ap- 
pear before  you  tliis  day  as  their  representative, .  and  it  shall  be  my  purpose  and 
steady  aim  to  take  care  that  their  confidence  reposed  in  me  shall  not  be  misplaced, 
and  most  happy  shall  I  be  if  I  can  represent  them  to  their  satisfaction. 

Had  I  been  left  to  make  choice,  which  of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  the  several 
States  or  Territories  of  this  Republic  I  should  have  the  satisfaction  of  represent- 
ing this  day  in  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  I  could  not  have  selected  one 
that  I  should  have  preferred  before  this  that  I  now  represent.  Ever  since  I  was 
old  enough  to  know  and  understand  the  principles  of  Free  Masonry,  and  before  I 
was  brought  to  liglit  as  a  Mason,  I  had  heard  of  the  deeds  of  charity  and  pure 
benificence  of  our  enlightened  brethren  of  South  Carolina ;  and  I  believe  I  can 
say  with  truth,  that  there  is  not  a  town  or  village  in  our  own  State,  where  there 
resided  an  intelligent  Mason,  that  has  not  seen,  felt  or  heard  something  of  Free 
Masonry  there.  It  is  well  known  that  many  of  the  great  men  of  South  Carolina, 
(and  it  is  a  State  that,  in  proportion  to  her  population,  from  the  days  of  the 
American  Revolution  to  tliis  time,  has  had  her  full  quota  of  great  men.)  "have 
not  been  ashamed  to  hear  themselves  named  "  as  members  of  our  Masonic 
brotharhood,  to  partake  of  our  Masonic  rites,  and  conform  to  the  ceremonies  of 
our  Order. 

Su'.'h  an  influence  had  the  Masonic  Institution  upon  the  intelligent  poi)ulation 
of  that  noble  State,  that  when  that  child  of  hell  and  demon  of  discord,  denomi- 
nated anti-masonry,  stalked  through  the  land  parading  the  ghost  of  Morgan, 
backed  by  the  fanfaronade  of  Elder  Barnard,  Avery  Allen,  and  others,  that  not  a 
proselyte  could  be  made  in  the  Palm?tto  State,  nor  an  avowed  anti-mason  num- 
bered among  the  high-minded  and  chivalrous  sons  of  South  Carolina.  The  poli- 
ticians of  tliat  State  scorned  to  descend  so  low  as  to  be  called  political  anti-masons, 
well  knowing  that  an  appeal  to  the  people  to  elevate  them  to  places  of  honor  and 
trust,  under  that  name,  would  but  sink  them  "  beneath  the  lowest  deep  "  of  shame 
and  infamy.     The  clergy  of  that  State,  too — to  their  everlasting  praise  be  it  said — ■ 


564  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

^\"hen  they  looked  upon  the  characters  and  the  high  moral  standing  of  the  mem- 
bers of  our  Order  among  them,  would  not  believe  that  there  was  so  much  sin  and 
wickedness  in  Masonic  Lodges,  as  many  of  their  misguided  and  infatuated  breth- 
ren in  our  own  New  England  and  her  sister  States  represented. 

Again  I  say,  R.  W.  Master  and  brethren,  I  feel  proud  to  be  the  representative 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina  on  this  occasion  ;  and  if  it  shall  be  in  my 
power  to  effect  anything,  either  as  an  individual  or  their  representative,  which 
shall  tend  to  spread  more  extensively  the  cement  of  brotherly  love,  and  unite 
more  closely  the  bonds  of  affection  between  these  branches  of  our  glorious  Ma- 
sonic vine,  my  highest  hopes  and  wishes  will  be  gratified. 

The  R.  W.  Grrancl  Representatives  of  New  York  and  South 
Carolina  were  then  received  with  fraternal  fellowship,  in  the 
name  and  behalf  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut, 
by  R.  W.  Henry  Peck,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  who  addressed 
them  as  follows  : 

R.  W.  Bro.  JoxES,  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York,  and  R.  W. 
Bro.  Ellis,  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Carolina  : — In  behalf  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  here  assembled,  I  bid  you  a  hearty 
fraternal  welcome.  As  the  representative  system,  proposed  and  adopted  by  sev- 
eral of  our  sister  Grand  Lodges,  is  to  us  comparatively  new,  it  can  hardly  be  ex- 
pected, perhaps,  that  we  should  be  so  fully  prepared  to  appreciate  the  benefit  to 
be  derived  from  it,  as  those  who  have  more  thoroughly  investigated  it.  As  I  am 
at  present  advised,  however,  I  apprehend  the  design  of  the  system  to  be,  that 
each  Grand  Lodge  in  the  United  States  may  be,  so  far  as  practicable,  represented 
by  a  duly  authorized  agent,  at  each  and  every  session  of  every  other  Grand  Lodge, 
for  the  purpose  of  an  interchange  of  sentiment,  and  to  preserve  the  ancient  land- 
marks and  usages  of  the  Fraternity  through  every  section  of  our  widely  extend- 
ed and  happy  country.  It  is  not  difficult  to  conceive,  that  if  this  system  is  prop- 
erly carried  out,  many  and  great  advantages  may  accrue  to  the  Craft.  And  al- 
low me,  brethren  to  congratulate  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  York  and  South  Caro- 
lina on  the  very  happy,  and  I  may  say  fortunate  selection  they  made  of  their  rep- 
resentatives. For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  have  you  both  been  engaged 
in  the  cause  of  Freemasonry  ;  and  more  than  one  brother  now  within  the  sound 
of  my  voice  will  remember  that  when  the  storm  of  anti-masonry  burst  upon  us, 
and  threatened  seriously  to  impair  if  not  entirely  to  demolish  the  beautiful  struc- 
ture which  has  stood  the  buffetings  of  so  many  ages,  you  were  both  ])rompt  at 
your  posts,  ready  and  willing  to  make  any  sacrifice  for  the  honor  and  dignity  of 
the  Craft ;  and  I  doubt  not  that  with  such  able  rei)resentatives,all  the  advantages 
may  be  realized  which  have  been  anticipated  by  the  Grand  Lodges  you  have  the 
honor  to  represent ;  to  whom  you  will  please  to  communicate  the  best  wishes  of 
this  Grand  Lodge  for  their  prosperity  and  usefulness. 

The  Grand  Representatives  were  then  conducted  to  the  East 
and  seated  on  the  ric-ht  of  the  Chair. 


1843.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  565 

W.  Br.  H.  Cowles,  of  Farmington  made  a  statement  relating 
to  the  affairs  of  Frederick  Lodge,  No.  14,  and  moved  that  a 
committee  of  investigation  be  appointed.  The  motion  was 
adopted,  and  Brs.  R.  S.  Hinman  and  H.  Cowles  were  appointed 
on  said  committee. 

Br.  Wm.  Moody,  of  Washington,  on  motion  and  leave,  made 
a  statement  in  regard  to  the  late  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  27, 
which  was  referred  to  the  Standing  Committee  on  Delinquent 
Lodges.  • 

Br.  Calvin  Frisbie.  of  Branford,  on  motion  and  leave,  made 
a  statement  in  regard  to  the  late  Widow's  Son  Lodge,  No.  66, 
which  was  referred  to  the  last  named  committee. 

Br.  W.  H.  Ellis  moved  that  the  letter  from  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Master,  which  was  read  and  laid  upon  the  table  at  the  opening 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  be  referred  to  a  committee,  to  consider  and 
report  what  disposition  should  be  made  of  the  recommendations 
therein  contained.  The  motion  was  adopted,  and  Brs.  Ellis  and 
Storer  were  appointed  on  said  committee. 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  Grand  Lodge  do  now  pro- 
ceed  to  the  choice  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year.  Tellers  were 
accordingly  appointed,  when  ballots  were  taken,  and  the  follow- 
ing brethren  declared  to  be  duly  elected  to  the  oflSces  affixed  to 
their  names,  viz  : 

M.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  then  called  from  labor  to  refreshment, 
and  adjourned  to  8  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


566  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

Thursday  Morning,  May  11. 

The  Grand  Lodge  convened  pursuant  to  adjournment,  and 
was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor. 

The  Grand  Officers  elected  yesterday  were  then  installed  in 
due  form,  by  M.  W.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  Past  Grand  Master  ;  after 
which,  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  announced  the  following  ap- 
23ointments  : 

Bro.  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 

"     Wm.  E.  Saxford,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"     Frederick  Croswell,  Grand  Marshal. 

"     Wm.  Storer,    )  n       1  c?i         1 
.,     T       -TV  ^  Grand  Stewards. 

"     Lee  Dunning,  ) 

"     Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  from  the  committee  to  whom  was  referred 
the  communication  from  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  reported  the 

following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  Tliat  in  conformity  to  the  suggestion  contained  in  the  communication 
from  tlie  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  a  committee  be  appointed,  consisling  of  one  mem- 
ber from  eacli  county,  whose  duty  it  sliall  be  to  revise  and  establish  the  bounda- 
ries of  jurisdiction  of  the  several  subordinate  Lodges,  and  report  their  doings  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  at  the  next  annual  communication. 

The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  the  following  brethren  ap- 
pointed on  the  committee  : — For  Hartford  County,  Benoni  A. 
Shepherd  ;  for  New  Haven  County,  E.  G.  Storer  ;  for  Fairfield 
County,  James  Stevens  ;  for  Litchfield  County,  Wilson  B. 
Spring  ;  f  )r  New  London  County,  Lucius  Tyler  ;  for  Middlesex 
County,  Jonathan  Kilbourn,  Jr.  ;  for  Windham  County,  Gur- 
don  Hebbard  ;  for  Tolland  County,  Ingoldsby  W.  Crawford. 

The  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges  reported  the  following 
resolutions,  which  were  adopted  : 

Resoh-ed,  That  the  charter  of  Rising  Sun  Lodge,  No.  27,  be  and  is  hereby  re- 
stored to  the  brethren  in  Washington,  and  that  Bro.  Wm.  Moody  be  authorized  to 
take  his  scat  as  the  representative  of  said  Lodge. 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  charter  of  Widow's  Son  Lodge,  No.  66,  is  hereby  restored 
to  the  brethren  in  Branford,  and  Bro.  Calvin  Frisbie  authorized  to  take  his  seat 
as  the  representative  of  said  Lodge. 


1843,]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  567 

Bro.  Crawford,  from  the  Committee  on  By-Laws,  submitted 
the  following  report,  and  it  was  accepted  : 

The  committee  appointed  to  examine  the  by-laws  of  subordinate  Lodges,  beg 
leave  to  report,  that  the  only  by-laws  which  have  been  laid  before  them  are  those 
of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  Hart's  No.  22,  Harmony  No.  42,  and  Eastern  Star  No.  44. 
These  have  been  carefully  examined  by  your  conmiittee,  and  found  correct,  no- 
thing appearing  in  them  which  requires  any  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

INGOLDSBY  W.  CRAWFORD,  Chairman. 

Bro.  Hinman,  from  the  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the 
statement  of  Bro.  H.  Cowles  relative  to  Frederick  Lodge,  No. 
14,  submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  committee  appointed  to  investigate  the  affairs  of  Frederick  Lodge,  No.  14, 
located  at  Farraington,  respectfully  report  the  following  facts : — That  said  Lodge 
has  made  regular  returns  and  been  represented  in  Grand  Lodge  up  to  the  present 
time;  that  it  has  had  its  regular  officers  until  recently,  but  that  now  there  are 
only  two  active  Masons  belonging  to  the  same,  and  that  it  is  seven  or  eight  years 
since  said  Lodge  has  done  any  work;  that  in  1835  and  18;>G,  one  hundred  and 
seventy  dollars  of  funds  belonging  to  said  Lodge  went  into  the  hands  of  our  late 
Bro.  Lemuel  Whitman,  then  Waster  of  said  Lodge,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty 
dollars  into  hands  of  Bro.  Giles  Stillman,  Secretary,  and  that  their  receipts  were 
given  for  the  same;  that  in  1842  Bro.  AVhitman  died,  leaving  a  family,  and  i)rop- 
erty  worth  from  two  to  three  thousand  dollars.  It  is  recommended,  thei-efore, 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  what  legal  measures  can  be  taken  to  re- 
cover said  money,  with  authoritj',  if  found  expedient,  to  institute  proceedings 
for  collecting  the  same.     Respectfully  submitted, 

R.  S.  HINMAN,       I  f,         ... 
HENRY  COWLES,  ]  ^°""""^^^- 

On  motion,  it  was  voted,  that  the  report  be  accepted,  and 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master,  to  act  in. 
conformity  with  the  recommendation  therein.       Brs.  H.  Good- 
win, 2d,  E.  G.  Storer,   and  H.  Cowles  were  appointed  on  said 
committee. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Jones  offered  the  following  resolution,  and  it  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  and  are  hereby  presented  to 
M.  W.  Aner  Bradley,  P.  G.  M.,  for  the  able  and  satisfactory  manner  in  which  he 
has  discharged  the  duties  of  Grand  Master  for  the  year  past,  and  that  the  Grand 
Secretary  be  directed  to  communicate  the  same. 

The  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges  reported  the  following 
resolutions,  which  were  adopted  : 


568  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^Jj 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  Federal  Lodge,  No. 
41,  Brookfleld,  that  unless  satisfactory  reasons  for  their  delinquency  be  given,  at 
the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  question  will  be  taken 
on  revoking  their  charter. 

Resolved  That  all  Lodges  delinquent  at  the  last  and  present  communications, 
and  have  given  no  satisfactory  reasons  for  the  same,  be  fined,  agreeable  to  the 
by-laws,  and  that  the  Grand  Secretary  give  them  notice  thereof. 

The  following  resolution  for  amending  the  by-laws  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  was  introduced  and  discussed  at  some  length,  and 
postponed  for  further  consideration  to  the  next  annual  commu- 
nication : 

Resolved,  That  the  first  section  of  the  I)y-la\vs  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  amended, 
to  read  as  follows: — "  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  each 
Lodge  in  this  State  to  give  their  punctual  attendance  at  the  communications  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  either  themselves  or  by  proxy  ;  which  proxies  must  be  Master 
Masons,  in  good  standing,  and  members  of  the  same  Lodges  with  their  constitu- 
ents;  and  the  certificate  of  their  appointment  as  proxy  must  be  signed  by  the 
Master  or  Warden  in  whose  place  they  are  appointed  to  act." 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  the  charter  and  records  of 
Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  Watertown,  had  been  surrendered  into 
his  hands,  subject  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Lodge. , 

Bro,  Hinman  moved  that  the  charter  of  Federal  Lodge,  No. 
17,  be  received  and  deposited  in  the  archives  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
situation  of  the  funds  and  other  effects  of  said  Federal  Lodge^ 
and  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  the  next  annual  communica- 
tion, and  that  the  books  of  said  Lodge  be  referred  to  such  com- 
mittee. The  motion  was  adopted,  and  Brs  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  Wm. 
E.  Sanford,  and  E.  G.  Storer,  were  appointed  by  the  Grand 
Master,  on  said  committee. 

E.  W.  Bro.  Ellis  offered  the  following  resolution,  and  it  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  and  R.  W.  Deputy  Grand  Master  be  au- 
thorized to  procure  suitable  collars  and  jewels,  at  the  expense  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
to  present  to  our  representatives  in  other  Grand  Lodges. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Jones,  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  presented  the  substance  of  a  communica- 
tion from  his  constituents,  calling  the  attention  of  this  Grand 


1843.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  569 

Lodge  to  several  subjects  of  general  importance  to  the  Crafty 
particularly  to  tlie  adoption  of  a  uniform  mode  of  certifying  to 
tlie  good  standing  of  brethren  visiting  Lodges  in  other  jurisdic- 
tions,— the  practice  of  conferring  the  three  degrees  at  the  same 
meeting,  without  dispensation, — and  the  recognition  of  Masons 
of  the  French  and  Scottish  rites. 

Bro.  Jones  moved  that  the  document  from  New  York  be  re- 
ferred to  a  committee,  with  instructions  to  report  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  the  next  annual  communication.  The  motion  was 
adopted,  and  Brs.  Wm.  Moody,  K.  S.  Hinman,  and  H.  Good- 
win, 2d,  were  appointed  on  said  committee. 

On  motion  of  K.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  the  Grand  Secretary  was 
requested  to  make  out  a  list  of  all  Past  Grand  Officers  who 
are  entitled,  by  the  constitution  and  by-laws,  to  permanent 
membership  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  present  the  same  at  the 
next  annual  communication. 

W.  Bro.  Spring  submitted  the  following  resolution,  and  it 
was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  whenever  one  or  more  of  the  subordinate  Lodges  under  the  ju- 
risdiction of  this  Grand  Lodge,  shall  agree,  separately  or  jointly,  to  celebrate 
the  anniversary  of  our  eminent  patrons,  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John  the 
Evangelistj  they  shall,  one  month  previously,  notify  the  Grand  Secretary,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  give  immediate  notice  thereof  to  all  the  officers  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  to  the  Secretaries  of  the  subordinate  Lodges,  v^ith  invitations  to  the 
Fraternity  generally  to  attend  such  celebration. 

W.  Bro.  Moody  offered  the  following  preamble  and  resolu- 
tions, which  elicited  a  lengthy  discussion,  and  were  finally,  by 
a  close  vote,  adopted  : 

Whereas,  the  R.  W.  Grand  Representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of 
New  York  has  notified  this  Grand  Lodge  that  a  regulation  has  been  adoped  by 
said  New  York  Grand  Lodge,  requiring  every  member  of  the  Fraternity  visiting 
a  Lodge  in  that  jurisdiction,  to  produce  a  certificate  of  membership,  signed  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge  under  whose  jurisdiction  he  belongs : — There- 
fore— 

Resolved,  That  while  this  Grand  Lodge  does  not  recognize  the  expediency  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York  or  any  other  Grand  Lodge  so  far  de- 
parting from  the  ancient  usages  of  the  Order,  as  to  require  a.  certificate  of  mem- 
bership from  visiting  brethren,  still,  as  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  has  made 
such  a  regulation,  it  may  be  important  to  our  members,  traveling  or  sojourning 
in  that  State,  that  this  Grand  Lodge  should  issue  such  certificate. 

72 


570  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

Resolved,  That  our  Grand  Secretary  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed 
to  give  certificates  to  members  in  good  standing  in  subordinate  Lodges  in  this  ju- 
risdiction who  may  require  it,  under  his  signature  and  with  the  seal  of  the  Grand 
Lodge ;  and  that  fifty  cents  for  each  such  certificate  shall  be  paid  into  the  funds 
of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

W.  Bro.  Tyler,  offered  the  following  resolution,  and  it  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered, upon  the  written  application  of  seven  or  more  brethren  in  good  stand- 
ing, who  were  members  of  any  Lodge  which  may  have  forfeited  and  given  up  its 
charter  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  grant  letters  of  dispensation,  under  seal  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  empowering  such  brethren  to  resume  labor,  and  to  continue  imtil 
the  next  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  :  Provided,  that  for  every 
dispensation  ten  dollars  shall  be  paid  into  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Secretary  be- 
fore the  same  is  delivered. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  K.  S.  Hinman  and 
Frederick  Croswell,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  the  current  year. 

No  further  business  appearing,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed 
in  due  and  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STORER,  Ch^and  Secretary. 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven— Wm.  E.  Sanford,  W.  M.,  George  Shumway,  S.  W., 
Lee  Dunning,  J.  W.  Initiated — George  Augur,  John  F.  Storer,  Caleb  Feuner, 
Joseph  Stevens,  Robinson  S.  Hinman,  Charles  Lines,  Henry  Warriner,  Nathan 
Gilbert. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  2,  Middletown— Caleb  Miller,  Jr.,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Corey,  S.  W., 
Epaphroditus  Clark,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  W.  M.,  Theodore  Spencer, 
Jr.,  S.  W.,  Allyn  Goodwin,  J.  W.     Initiated — Mason  Smith,  Elizur  Skinner. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Asa  E.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Henry  W.  Smith,  S.  W., 
Robert  Ells,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Uiford,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Samuel  Buel,  2d,  W.  M.,  Samuel  P.  Bolles, 
S.  W.,  Charles  Jones,  J.  W. 


1843.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  671 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard, 
S.  W.,  John  M.  G.  Corey,  J.  W. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farraington— Henry  Cowles,  W.  M.,  Giles  Stillman,  S. 
W.,  George  Cowles,  J,  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Chester  Lyon,  W.  M.,  Dyer  Ames,  S.  W.,  Lu- 
ther Ensworth,  J.  W, 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Cyrenus  Candee,  W.  M.,  Edson  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Charles  Perkins,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

COLUMBIA,  No.  25,  Glastenbury— Wm.  J.  Covell,  W.  M.,  Nelson  C.  Daniels, 
S.,  W.,  Erastus  Buck,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Solomon  Terry,  W.  M.,  Levi  Lord, 
S.  W.,  Chester  Lord,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Elisha  Douglass,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Barry,  S.W., 
A.  W.  Bush,  J.  W.  Iniiiaied— Paul  Murphy,  Sylvanus  H.  Gibson,  Albert  Miller, 
Rev.  George  Thompson,  Thomas  M.  Bailey,  James  M.  Green,  Samuel  Vorrey, 
Abraham  Gordon,  Timothy  Shepherd,  Thomas  M.  Lyon,  George  W.  Rogers,  Still- 
man  H.  Fickett.     Restored ~E.  B.  H.  Prince,  Wm.  H.  Clark. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Daubury— Nathaniel  H.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  Wm.  H.  Banks,  S.W., 
John  Ferguson,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Joshua  Guilford,  W.  M.,  Henry  Chatfield.  S. 
W.,  Henry  Jones,  J.  W.  Initiated — E.  J.  Barnard,  Wm.  Cowel,  Wm.  B.  Dunbar. 
Suspended — Daniel  Porter,  Harvey  Judd.  > 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Gurdon  Hebbard,  W.  M.,  David  L.  Ful- 
ler, S.  W.,  Joseph  W.  Lyon,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret — Luther  Rawson,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Underwood,  S.  W., 
Stiles  Rawson,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— John  M.  Hart,  W.  M.,  Moody  M.  Brown, 
S.  W.,  David  J.  McEwen,  J.  W. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Hezekiah  Scott,  W.  M.,  Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
S.  W.,  Sherwood  Mead,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Ransford  Button,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  51,  Chatham— Nelson  C.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Hiram  Barton,  S.  W., 
Braddock  Strong,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Joseph  Frink,  W.  M.,  John  Brown, 
S.  W.,  Pitts  D.  Frink,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpoint,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 


572  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^J, 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W., 
Evits  Hungerford,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stonington— Win.  Hyde,  "W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  W.,  Thos. 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkbamsted— Anson  Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Wilson  B. 
Spring,  S.  W.,  Nathaniel  Healy,  J.  W.     Initiated — Henry  H.  Bartlett. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Julius  Harmon,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Tuttle,  S.  W.,  Curtis 
Rose,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  Wm.  N.  Clark,  S.  W., 
Wm.  Adams,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— John  S.  Burrows,  W.  M.,  Eldredge  Spicer,  S.  W., 
George  Eldredge,  J.  W. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  George  Carriel,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Nathan  Johnson, 
B.  W.,  Ezra  Stillman,  J.  W. 


1844.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  573 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1844. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moft  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons  for  the  State  of  Connefticut, 
held  at  the  Mafonic  Hall,  in  the  City  of  New  Haven,  on 
Wednefday,  the  8th  day  of  May,  A.  L.  5844 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  HENKY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  AVEEY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"      MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"      ELIPHALET  G.  STOKER,  Grand  Secretary. 
Bro.    BENONI  A.  SHEPHERD,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon. 

"       WM.  E.  SANFORD,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon. 

"       GEORGE  SHUMWAY,  Grand  Marshal. 

"      FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Grand  Sentinel. 

"      WILLIAM  STORER,  >  ^       ,0,         , 

"      LEE  DUNNING,         \  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

"      ISAAC  TUTTLE,  Grand  Tyler. 

"      WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Rep.  for  South  CaroHna. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF    LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Marcus  Bassett,  Thomas  G.  Wood- 
ward, Lee  Dunning. 

No.  3,  St.  John's,  Bridgeport — Wm.  Lum. 

No.  4,  St.  John's,  Hartford — Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  Theodore 
Spencer,  George  Giddings. 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk — Stephen  Smith. 

No.  8,  St.  John's,  Stratford — Samuel  Benjamin. 

No.  11,  St.  Paul's,  Litchfield— David  Marsh. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derhy — John  S.  Moshier. 

No.  14,  Frederick,  Farmington — Henry  Cowles,  Giles  Stillman. 

No.  15,  Moriah,  Canterbury — Mowry  Burgess^ 


574  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.         U^^J) 

No,  18,  Hiram,  Newtown — Alexander  Hall,  Charles  Sherman, 

No,  22,  Hart's,  Bethany — Cyreniis  Candee. 

No.  27,  Rising  Sun,  Washington — Wm.  Moody. 

No,  40,  Union,  Danbury — Frederick  S,  Wildman. 

No,  42,  Harmony,  Waterhury — Frederick  A,  Ellis, 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Luther  Rawson,  I.  W,  Crawford. 

No.  47,  Morning  Star,  Oxford — G-arry  Riggs. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

No.  56,  Franklin,  Bristol — Asa  Bartholomew, 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — William  Hyde, 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Wilson  B.  Spring,  Anson 

Wheeler. 
No.  66,  Widow's  Son,   Branford — James  W.  Frisbie,   Calvin 

Frisbie. 
No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — Cyrus  Groodell. 
No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  Citj' — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  Grand  Ofiicers  took  their  seats,  and 
the  Grrand  Lodge  was  opened  in  due  and  ample  form  ;  when  the 
M.  W,  Grand  Master  delivered  the  following 

ADDRESS : 
Brethren  of  the  Gi'and  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

Through  the  goodness  of  the  Supreme  Architect  of  the  Universe,  we  are  per- 
mitted to  assemble  once  more,  under  circumstances  well  calculated  to  fill  our 
hearts  with  gratitude  to  the  Giver  of  all  good.  I  am  not  aware  that  anything  has 
occurred  since  our  last  annual  communication  to  disturb  the  peace  and  harmony 
of  our  revered  institution ;  but,  on  the  contrary,  from  the  east,  the  west,  the  north 
and  the  south,  the  tidings  are  such  as  are  calculated  to  cheer  the  hearts  of  all 
who  love  and  cherish  our  time-honored  association.  On  referring  to  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Grand  Lodges  in  communication  with  this  Grand  Lodge,  I  find  the 
practice  to  be  nearly  or  quite  universal,  for  the  presiding  officer  on  the  opening 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  at  its  annual  session,  to  direct  the  attention  of  the  brethren 
to  such  subjects  as  in  his  view  should  come  before  them.  And  I  trust  that  it  will 
not  be  considered  irrelevant  at  this  time,  if  I  take  the  liberty  to  mention  two  or 
three  topics,  which  I  think  may  very  properly  be  considered  suitable  subjects  for 
your  deliberations. 

During  the  storm  produced  by  the  anti-masonic  excitement,  the  principal  source 
of  revenue  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  viz  :  the  initiatory  fees,  were  so  far  cut  off',  as  to 
cause  serious  apprehensions  in  the  minds  of  our  friends,  that  we  should  in  a  short 
space  of  time  be  left  without  resources.  But  I  am  happy  to  be  able  to  say,  that 
through  the  judicious  management  of  our  Grand  Treasurer,  and  the  revival  of 


1844.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  575 

Masonry,  our  funds  have  suffered  no  material  diminution  for  one  or  two  years 
past ;  and  the  prospect  is  that  with  a  due  regard  to  economy,  we  may  safely  cal- 
culate that  our  receipts  will  at  least  be  equal  to  our  expenditures.  The  hall  in 
which  we  are  now  assembled,  which  has  been  erected,  in  part,  by  the  subscrip- 
tions to  its  stock  by  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  in  part  by  the  subscriptions  of  the 
brethren  of  the  fraternity,  is  now  nearly  completed ;  and  it  affords  me  much 
pleasure  to  be  able  to  say,  that  every  portion  of  it  is  under  such  a  rent  as  will 
guarantee  a  sure  return  to  the  stockholders.  It  would,  I  think,  be  desirable  that 
a  similar  hall  should  be  erected  in  our  sister  city  of  Hartford,  for  the  convenience 
of  the  fraternity,  and  more  especially  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  And  I  would  respect- 
fully suggest  that  a  committee  be  appointed,  with  authority  to  subscribe  for  this 
Grand  Lodge  an  equal  amount  of  the  funds  that  are  invested  in  this  hall,  when- 
ever our  brethren  in  Hartford  will  undertake  the  erection  of  a  suitable  edifice  for 
the  purposes  of  a  Masonic  Hall,  such  committee  being  satisfied  that  such  invest- 
ment will  be  safe  and  profitable. 

The  representative  system  recently  adopted,  appears  to  be  fast  gaining  favor 
with  the  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States,  and  since  our  last  communication, 
application  has  been  made  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia,  for  an  exchange  of 
representatives  with  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  our  worthy  brother  R.  W.  Augustus 
Alden,  has  been  appointed  and  duly  commissioned  as  our  representative  near  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Georgia ;  and  it  remains  for  this  Grand  Lodge  to  re- 
ciprocate their  kind  offices,  by  nominating  from  among  our  number  a  suitable 
brother  to  represent  them  in  this  body. 

At  our  last  annual  communication  a  committee  was  appointed,  to  whom  was 
entrusted  the  care  of  examining  the  correspondence  from  abroad,  which  commit- 
tee were  to  act  during  the  recess  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  to  report  at  our  present 
session.  The  committee,  in  consequence  of  the  lamented  death  of  their  chair- 
man, (our  late  esteemed  brother  R.  S.  Hinman,)  are  not  prepared,  I  understand, 
to  make  so  full  a  report  as  was  expected.  The  most  important  subject  which 
they  will  lay  before  you,  I  understand  to  be  the  situation  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in 
Michigan,  and  I  most  ea.rnestly  hope  that  you  will  be  disposed  to  take  such  ac- 
tion upon  it  as  the  exigencies  of  the  case  may  seem  to  require.  It  is  unnecessary 
for  me  to  go  into  the  details  of  this  affair,  as  the  documents  in  the  hands  of  your 
committte  will  show  the  subject  in  its  proper  light. 

It  will  be  recollected,  that  while  this  Grand  Lodge  was  in  session,  one  year 
since,  a  convention  was  being  held  in  Baltimore,  composed  of  delegates  from  such 
of  the  Grand  Lodges  in  the  United  States  as  were  disposed  to  unite  for  that  pur- 
pose. The  ostensible  object  of  that  convention,  as  I  understand  it,  was  to  pro- 
mote a  uniform  system  of  work,  through  the  instrumentality  of  Grand  Lecturers. 
To  that  convention  this  Grand  Lodge  was  invited  to  send  their  delegate.  An  ex- 
tra session  was  called  to  consider  the  subject,  and  after  mature  deliberation  it 
was  resolved,  that  it  would  be  inexpedient  to  send  a  delegate,  and  that  it  was  also 
inexpedient  to  lend  the  sanction  of  this  Grand  Lodge  to  the  appointment  of  Grand 
Lecturers,  believing  that  the  ancient  landmarks,  if  duly  observed,  were  sufHclent 
for  all  practical  purposes.  From  the  published  report  of  the  proceedings  of  that 
convention,  it  does  not  appear  to  have  been  characterized  by  that  harmony  which 
is  so  necessary  to  the  perpetuity  of  our  ancient  Institution,  and  I  have  so  far  seen 
no  reason  to  regret  the  decision  of  this  Grand  Lodge  in  relation  to  it. 


576  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [^^7? 

Since  our  last  communication,  some  of  our  brethren  have  expressed  an  opinion 
that  a  change  in  our  system  of  benevolent  operations  would  tend  very  essentially 
to  give  increased  usefulness  and  harmony  to  our  society,  and  that  its  benefits 
would  be  more  extensively  felt  by  the  introduction  in  our  Lodges  of  some  of  the 
principles  which  govern  more  modern  associations  ;  and  with  a  view  to  give  the 
subject  a  fair  trial,  one,  if  not  more,  of  the  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this 
Grand  Lodge,  have  adopted  the  system  of  increasing  the  quarterly  dues  of  the 
members,  thereby  creating  a  fund,  from  which  all  sick  or  disabled  members  may 
draw  a  weekly  stipend,  or  in  case  of  the  decease  of  a  member,  his  widow  and 
children  may  be  entitled  to  its  benefits,  as  a  matter  of  right,  instead  of  being 
compelled  to  make  application  for  it  in  the  humiliating  position  of  a  suppliant. 
Should  the  Grand  Lodge  coincide  in  the  opinion  that  great  benefits  will  pi'obably 
follow  the  introduction  of  this  system,  and  that  it  will  be  of  essential  service  to 
the  cause  of  Free  Masonry,  they  will  doubtless  be  disposed  to  encourage  its  ex- 
tension throughout  the  State,  by  recommending  its  adoption  in  the  subordinate 
Lodges,  or  by  taking  such  other  action  upon  it  as  they  shall  deem  expedient. 

Among  the  philanthropic  movements  of  the  present  daj'^,  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent is  the  cause  of  temperance,  which  the  excellent  tenets  of  our  Institution 
have  always  placed  in  the  front  rank  of  the  cardinal  virtues.  Perhaps  no  one 
cause  has  operated  with  more  power  to  injure  our  Institution  in  the  opinion  of  the 
world,  than  the  charge  which  its  enemies  have  repeatedly  brought  against  it,  that 
our  Lodge  rooms  have  been  the  scenes  of  bacchanalian  revels ;  and  that  instead 
of  becoming  a  better  citizen  or  a  more  valuable  member  of  community  by  becom- 
ing a  Mason,  there  has  been  great  danger  that  the  frequent  attendance  at  our 
Lodges  was  calculated  to  engender  habits  which  were  entirely  at  variance  with 
our  principles.  This  has  been  charged  upon  us ;  and  while  we  unequivocally 
deny  the  truth  of  this  charge,  as  being  entirely  without  foundation,  I  will  submit 
to  your  consideration,  brethren,  whether  it  would  not  be  well  to  silence  our  cal- 
umniators, by  the  enactment  of  a  by-law  prohibiting  the  use  of  any  beverage  in 
the  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  which  may  be  calculated, 
either  in  name  or  in  fact,  to  bring  discredit  on  our  professions. 

Repeated  complaints  have  from  time  to  time  been  made  of  the  infraction  of  the 
By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge  by  some  of  our  brethren,  whose  characters  for  in- 
telligence, and  whose  standing  in  society,  would  justify  the  opinion  that  they 
were  perfectly  conscious  that  they  were  guilty  of  violating  the  most  solemn  obli- 
gations that  can  possibly  bind  man  to  man.  I  allude  to  the  conduct  of  the  mem- 
bers of  those  Lodges,  who,  being  about  to  relinquish  their  charters,  or  were  under 
the  apprehension  that  they  were  about  to  be  revoked,  have  divided  the  funds  of 
such  Lodges  among  themselves,  when  they  could  not  have  been  ignorant  that 
they  were  bound  by  the  most  sacred  obligations  to  appropriate  such  funds  in  the 
manner  provided  by  the  By-Laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  which  By-Laws  declare, 
that  upon  the  demise  of  a  subordinate  Lodge,  its  funds  and  effects  shall  become 
the  property  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  I  am  not  aware  that  any  legal  enactments 
exist  by  which  these  brethren  can  be  compelled  to  restore  these  ill-gotten  gains, 
but  I  will  submit  it  to  you,  brethren,  whether  the  honor  and  dignity  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  does  not  require  that  all  such  offences  should  be  diligently  inquired  after, 
and  the  offenders  expelled  for  unmasonic  conduct. 


1844.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  577 

There  are  some  other  topics  in  the  hands  of  the  appropriate  committees,  which 
the  Grand  Lodge  will  be  called  upon  to  consider ;  and  I  trust  that  all  our  delib- 
erations at  this  time  will  be  characterized  by  that  spirit  of  harmony,  mutual  for- 
bearance, and  concession,  which  has  hitherto  marked  our  proceedings. 

HENRY  PECK,   Grand  blaster. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Mitchell,  the  address  of  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master  was  referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of  Brs. 
Crawford  and  Shepherd. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Storer,  it  was  voted,  that  all  Master 
Masons  in  regular  standing,  who  may  request  it,  be  allowed  to 
sit  in  this  Grand  Lodge,  during  the  present  communication,  as 
visitors. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

The  updersigued,  surviving  member  of  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last 
session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  Grand  Treas- 
urer for  the  year  ending  May,  A.  L.  5844,  reports,  having  attended  to  that  duty, 
do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand  Lodge, 
have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer ;  and  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of 
the  R.  W.  Benjamin  Beeclier  the  sum  of  ten  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  and 
seventy-nine  cents  in  cash,  which  with  fifty-seven  shares  of  Union  School  stock, 
at  fifteen  dollars  a  share,  amounting  to  eight  hundred  and  fifty-five  dollars,  make 
the  total  amount  of  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy 
dollars  and  seventy-nine  cents.     ($1,870.79.) 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Committee. 

New  Haven,  May  8,  A.  L.  5844. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  from  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last 
annual  communication,  on  the  affairs  of  the  late  Federal  Lodge, 
No.  17,  at  Watertown,  submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  situation  of  the  funds,  &c.,  of  the 
late  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  and  to  whom  was  referred  the  books  of  said  Lodge, 
respectfully  report,  that  they  have  given  the  subject  sufficient  attention  to  as- 
certain from  the  records  that  previous  to  the  dissolution  of  said  Federal  Lodge, 
and  the  return  of  its  charter,  &c.  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  a  sum  of  money  amounting 
to  ninety-eight  dollars  and  forty  cents  was  divided  and  distributed  among  the 
members  of  said  Federal  Lodge,  apparently  with  reference  to  the  object  of  disso- 
lution, and  to  prevent  the  payment  of  said  sum  over  to  this  Grand  Lodge,  as  was 
their  obligation.     Thev  also  find,  from  the  records  aforesaid,  that  subsequent  to 

73 


578  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

the  vote  dissolving  said  Federal  Lodge,  a  vote,  making  a  further  dividend  of  sixty 
cents  each  to  twenty-eight  members  of  said  Lodge,  amounting  to  sixteen  dollars 
and  eighty  cents,  was  passed  and  recorded. 

The  committee  were  not  instructed  to  recommend  any  action  for  this  Grand 
Lodge  in  relation  to  the  individuals  who  were  recently  members  of  the  said  dissol- 
ved Federal  Lodge  ;  yet  the}'  do  not  hesitate,  to  give  it  as  their  opinion,  that  the 
course  adopted  by  them  was  not  in  accordance  Mith  their  duty  as  Masons,  and 
their  obligations  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  but  is  highly  censurable,  if  not  crhninal. 
All  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WM.  H.  ELLIS, 

WM.  E.  SANFORD,  ^  Committee. 

E.  G.  STORER. 


•\ 


The  above  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  but  it  was  after- 
wards recommitted  with  instructions  to  the  committee  to  bring 
in  a  resolution  for  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  relation  to 
the  proceedings  of  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  and  Aurora,  No.  35. 
Bro.  Storer  was  excused  from  serving  further  on  said  committee, 
on  account  of  his  duties  as  Grand  Secretary,  and  Bro.  Crawford 
was  ajDpointed  in  his  place.  The  committee  subsequently  re- 
ported the  following  resolution,  which  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  the  last  officers  of 
Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  and  Aurora  Lodge,  No.  35,  that  unless  the  funds  divided 
among  the  brethren  of  said  Lodges,  just  before  and  since  their  dissolution,  be 
paid  over  to  the  Grand  Lodge  previous  to  the  next  annual  communication,  (as  of 
right  they  should  have  been,)  this  Grand  Lodge  will  expel  and  exclude  from  the 
j)rivileges  and  benefits  of  Masonry,  all  such  brethren  as  are  known  to  have  taken 
part  in  such  division  and  distribution  of  said  funds. 

K.  W.  Bro.  Babcock,  from  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Cor- 
respondence, submitted  the  following  report,  prefacing  it  with 
the  remark,  that  owing  to  the  lamented  death  of  the  brother 
appointed  as  chairman  of  the  committee,  the  report  is  necessa- 
rily brief,  and  does  not  embrace  the  many  interesting  and  im- 
portant topics  which  have,  during  the  past  year,  been  put  into 
the  hands  of  the  committee,  and  which  would,  under  other  cir- 
cumstances, have  been  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  in  this  re- 
port : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication,  to  report  upon  the 
foreign  correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  have  examined  communications  from 
several  of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  the  United  States,  and  are  of  opinion  that  most  of 


1844.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  579 

them  require  no  action  from  this  Grand  Lodge ;  but  your  committee  are  happy 
to  state  that  the  several  Lodges  under  their  jurisdiction  are  in  a  most  prosperous 
condition,  and  that  tlie  craft  in  general  are  in  better  circumstances  than  they  have 
been  for  years  before. 

Your  committee  would  again  call  your  attention  to  the  subject  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  Michigan,  which  was  under  consideration  at  the  last  com- 
munication of  this  Grand  Lodge.  They  have  obtained  further  evidence,  from  a 
committee  appointed  by  that  body,  from  which  it  appears  that  that  Grand  Lodge 
suspended  labor  in  the  year  1829,  in  consequence  of  the  auti-masonic  excitement 
at  that  time  in  that  Territory ;  and  in  the  year  1840,  the  Masons  generally  of 
Michigan  assembled  in  mass,  and  recommended  a  reorganization  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  which  was  deemed  by  this  and  other  Grand  Lodges  to  be  illegal,  (sz(j?j5os- 
ing  that  to  he  all  the  action  taken  by  the  brethren  in  that  State  to  reorganize.) 
But  since  our  last  communication  we  have  ascertained,  by  the  committee  appoint- 
ed by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ohio,  that  the  several  officers  of  the  Lodges  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  former  Grand  Lodge,  some  of  which  have  never  suspended 
labor,  have  met  in  convention  and  reorganized  their  Grand  Lodge ;  and  it  appears 
to  your  committee  that  it  was  the  only  way  they  could  organize,  under  the  cir- 
cumstances. Your  committee  would  therefore  recommend  that  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Connecticut  recognize  the  present  Grand  Lodge  of  Michigan  as  a  regular  con- 
stituted Grand  Lodge,  and  as  such  extend  to  theni  the  right  hand  of  fellowship. 
All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

A.  C.  BABCOCK,   Committee. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Storer,  from  the  same  committee,  dissented  from 
the  above  report,  and  on  his  motion  it  was  laid  on  the  table. 

W.  Bro.  Spring,  from  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last 
annual  communication  to  revise  the  boundaries  of  jurisdiction 
between  subordinate  Lodges,  reported  the  following  resolution, 
which  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  JMasonic  jurisdiction  of  each  subordinate  Lodge  in  this  State 
shall  extend,  in  every  direction,  to  half  the  distance  from  its  usual  place  of  meet- 
ing to  the  usual  places  of  meeting  of  the  adjoining  Lodges ;  Avith  such  modifica- 
tions, from  time  to  time,  as  may  be  established  by  mutual  agreement  of  the  Lodges 
interested,  or  prescribed  by  future  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  it  was  resolved,  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  will  now  proceed  to  the  election  of  officers.  The 
M.  W.  Grand  Master  a2)pointed  W.  Brs,  Cowles  and  Wildman 
tellers. 

Ballots  were  then  collected,  and  the  following  brethren  duly- 
elected  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  for  the  year 
ensuinjx  : 


580  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May 

M.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 

E.  W.  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,-  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  installation  of  Grand  Officers  then  took  place,  after  which, 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  announced  the  following  appointments : 

Bro.  Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  Senior  Grand  Deacon, 

"     Wm.  E.  Sanford,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 

"     George  Shumway,  Grand  Marshal. 

"    Frederick  Croswell,  Grand  Sentinel. 

Rev.  "     John  Moore,  Grand  Chaplain. 

"     Cyrus  Goodell,  ?  ^       -,  q,         ■, 
,,     -rr  T\/r  ^  Grand  stewards. 

"     Henry  Moore,     ) 

"     Elizur  Skinner,  Grand  Tyler. 

A  petition  was  received  from  the  W.  Master  of  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  8,  Stratford,  asking  pecuniary  aid  in  behalf  of  Bro. 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  a  member  of  said  Lodge,  which  was  refer- 
red to  the  Committee  on  Charity  and  Grievances,  consisting  of 
Brs.  Wildman,  Ellis,  and  Goodell. 

The  petition  of  Erastus  Vorra,  an  expelled  Mason,  praying 
for  restoration,  with  the  recommendation  of  the  W.  Master  of 
Manchester  Lodge,  No.  73,  was  read  and  referred  to  the  last 
mentioned  committee. 

The  Grand  Secretary  reported  that  no  returns  were  received 
at  the  last  annual  communication  from  the  following  subordinate 
Lodges,  viz  :  St.  John's,  No.  3,  Bridgeport ;  King  Solomon's, 
No.  7,  Woodbury  ;  Hiram,  No.  18,  Newtown  ;  Harmony,  No. 
20,  Berlin  ;  Friendship,  No.  33,  Southington  ;  Federal,  No.  41, 
Brookfield. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Wm.  Storer,  Gid- 
dings,  and  Wildman,  a  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges  ;  to 
whom  was  referred  the  report  of  the  Grand  Secretary. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment,  and 
adjourned  to  7  o'clock  P.  M. 


1844.]  GRAND    LODGE    OF    (JONiS'ECTICUT.  581 

Wednesday  Evening,  May  8,  A.  L.  5844. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  refreshment  to  labor  at  7 
o'clock,  when  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  the  chair,  and  pro- 
ceeded with  business. 

W.  Bro.  Crawford,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter's Address,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it  was  ac- 
cepted : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  : 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  address  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master, 

respectfully  report,  that  for  want  of  time,  they  have  not  been  able  to  consider 

the  various  subjects  embraced  in  the  address,  with  all  the  deliberation  which  is 

demanded  by  their  importance  ;  they  therefore  recommend  that  the  address  be 

printed  with  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  submitted  to  the  mature 

reflection  and  future  action  of  the  Fraternity. 

I.  W.  CRAWFORD,  )  ^ 

B.  A.  SHEPHERD,  J  <^°^m^iiee. 

Bro.  F.  Wildman,  from  the  Committee  on  Grievances  sub- 
mitted the  following  report  : 

To  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  application  of  Bro.  Benjamin  Fair- 
child,  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  8,  for  pecuniary  relief,  respectfully  report,  that 
in  their  opinion,  from  an  investigation  of  the  facts  presented  to  them  in  regard 
to  the  situation  and  circumstances  of  Bro.  Fairchild,  it  is  inexpedient  and  im- 
proper for  the  Grand  Lodge  to  grant  the  relief  solicited  in  his  behalf. 

In  regard  to  the  petition  of  Erastus  Vorra,  which  was  also  referred  to  your 
committee,  we  would  report,  that  said  Vorra  was  formerly  expelled  from  Man- 
chester Lodge,  No.  73,  and  that  there  now  appears  to  be  a  willingness  among  the 
members  of  said  Lodge  to  restore  him  to  membership,  although  no  action  has 
been  taken  by  the  Lodge.  Your  committee  would  therefore  recommend  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  Erastus  Vorra,  who  has  heretofore  been  expelled  from  Manches- 
ter Lodge,  No.  73,  be  restored  to  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry,  upon  the 
unanimous  assent  of  said  Lodge  being  given  thereto,  and  that  notice  of  tlie  ac- 
tion of  said  Lodge  be  transmitted  to  the  Grand  Secretary  within  sixty  days  from 
this  date. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

F.  WILDMAN,  ) 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,       [  Committee. 

CYRUS  GOODELL,  S 


On  motion,  it  was  voted  that  the  report  be  accepted,  and  the 
resolution  adopted. 


582  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Secretary  submitted  a  list  of  Past  Grand 
Officers,  entitled  to  permanent  membersliip  in  tlie  Grand  Lodge, 
prepared  in  obedience  to  a  resolution  adopted  at  the  last  annual 
communication,  which  was,  on  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  or- 
dered to  be  placed  on  file,  for  future  reference. 

Bro.  Wm.  Storer,  from  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges, 
submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  31.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut: 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Grand  Secretary's  report  of  delin- 
quent Lodges,  having  had  the  subject  under  consideration,  would  respectfully  re- 
port, that  on  examining  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for  several  years 
past,  they  find  that  King  Solomon's  Lodge,  No.  7,  made  regular  returns  and  was 
duly  represented,  previous  to  1843 ;  that  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  33,  made  no  re- 
turns since  1837,  and  its  charter  was  revoked  in  1810,  but  never  surrendered,  and 
in  1842  said  charter  was  revived,  upon  the  petition  of  the  former  Master  of  said 
Lodge,  but  no  returns  have  since  been  made ;  that  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  20,  has 
made  no  returns  since  1841 ;  that  Federal  Lodge,  No.  41,  has  failed  to  take  any 
notice  of  the  resolutions  passed  at  the  last  annual  communication ;  and  that  the 
aforesaid  Lodges  have  all  been  duly  notified  of  their  delinquency.  Your  com- 
mittee would  therefore  recommend  the  passage  of  the  following  resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  instructed  to  notify  the  officers  of  King 
Solomon's  Lodge  No.  7,  Harmony  No.  20,  and  Friendship  No.  33,  that  unless  they 
make  satisfaction  for  their  delinquency  at  or  before  the  next  annual  communica- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  question  will  at  that  time  be  taken  on  revoking  their 
charters. 

Resolved,  That  Federal  Lodge,  No.  41,  at  Brookfield,  having  for  several  years 
failed  to  make  returns  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  no  reasons  having  been  given  for 
said  delinquency,  their  charter  is  hereby  revoked  and  annulled,  and  the  Grand 
Secretary  instructed  to  demand  and  receive  the  same,  together  with  the  books  and 
all  other  effects  of  said  Lodge. 

Your  committee  notice  that  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  3,  and  Hiram  No.  18,  are  at 
the  present  communication  represented,  and  would  therefore  recommend  that 
the  representatives  of  said  Lodges  be  allowed  to  explain  the  causes  of  their  for- 
mer delinquency. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

WM.  STORER.     ) 

GEO.  GIDDINGS,  \  Committee. 

F.  WILDMAN,       S 


On  motion,  the  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the 
resolutions  adopted. 

W.  Bro.  Lum,  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  3,  and  Bro.  A.  Hall, 
of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  18,  severally  offered  reasons  satisfactory 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  for  the  delinquency  of  their  respective 


1844.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  583 

Lodges,  when  it  was,  on  motion,  voted,  that  the  penalties  be 
remitted. 

Bro.  W.  B.  Spring  offered  the  following  resolution,  and  it 
was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  Grand  Secretary  be  and  is  hereby  directed  and  empowered 
to  demand  and  receive,  either  in  person  or  by  proxy,  in  the  name  of  the  Grand 
Lodge,  from  any  person  or  persons  who  may  have  possession  of  the  same,  the 
charter,  books,  papers,  jewels,  furniture  and  funds,  of  any  Lodge  whose  charter 
has  been  or  may  hereafter  be  revoked  by  this  Grand  Lodge. 

W.  Bro.  Wildman,  of  Union  Lodge.  No.  40,  Danbury,  pre- 
sented the  petition  of  Ira  Hodges  and  Augustus  Wilcox,  who 
had  been  expelled  from  said  Lodge  in  1823-4,  praying  for  restora- 
tion to  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Masonry.  Bro.  Wildman 
remarked  that  the  petitioners  had  been  expelled  for  intemperance, 
but  had  since  become  the  subjects  of  the  temperance  reforma- 
tion which  pervaded  the  country,  and  were  now  ranked  with 
the  most  industrious  and  respectable  members  of  the  commu- 
nity in  which  they  reside.  A  certified  copy  of  the  proceedings 
of  said  Union  Lodge  was  also  presented  and  read,  by  which  it 
appeared  that  said  petitioners  were  unanimously  recommended 
to  the  Grand  Lodge.  Whereupon  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

Resolved,  That  Brs.  Ira  Hodges  and  Augustus  Wilcox  be  and  are  hereby  re- 
stored to  all  their  rights  and  i)rivileges  as  Masons,  and  to  their  former  standing 
as  members  of  Union  Lodge,  No.  40. 

Bro,  Wm.  E.  Sanford  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which 
were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  be  appointed  to  examine  the  correspondence  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  report  at  the  next  annual  communication,  and  that  the  docu- 
ments now  on  hand  from  foreign  Grand  Lodges,  and  such  as  the  Grand  Secretary 
may  receive  from  time  to  time,  during  the  coming  year,  be  handed  to  such  com- 
mittee for  examination. 

Resolved,  That  in  case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  members  of  any  commit- 
tee raised  to  report  at  the  next  session,  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  may  fill  such 
vacancy  at  his  discretion. 

On  motion,  the  resolution  for  amending  the  first  section  of 
the  by-laws,  which  was  continued  from  the  last  annual  commu- 
nication, was  taken  up  and  adopted, — said  section  to  read  as 
follows  : 


584  GRAND   LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^Y, 

Sec.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  each  Lodge  in  this 
State  to  give  their  punctual  attendance  at  the  communications  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
either  themselves  or  by  their  proxies ;  which  proxies  must  be  Master  Masons,  in 
good  standing,  and  members  of  the  same  Lodge  with  their  constituents,  and  must 
present  a  certificate  of  their  appointment,  signed  officially  by  the  Master  or 
Warden  appointing  them. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Babcock,  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  CoiTes- 
pondence,  reported  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  recognize  the  present  Grand  Lodge  of  Michi- 
gan, as  a  regularly  constituted  Grand  Lodge,  and  as  such  we  extend  to  her  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship. 

After  much  discussion,  the  question  was  taken  on  adopting 
this  resolution,  and  decided  in  the  negative — yeas  11,  nays  12. 

E.  W.  Bro.  Storer  offered  the  following  preamble  and  reso- 
lutions, and  they  were  adopted  : 

Whereas,  the  General  Grand  Chapter  and  the  General  Grand  Encampment  of 
the  United  States  are  to  hold  their  next  trienniel  convocation  in  the  city  of  New 
Haven,  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  October  next : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut,  for  the  purpose  of  welcoming 
Vi'ithin  their  jurisdiction  the  highest  Masonic  Bodies  in  the  country,  will  hold  a 
special  communication  in  the  city  of  New  Plaven,  on  Wednesday  following  the 
second  Tuesday  of  September,  1844,  and  that  the  several  Lodges  in  this  State, 
and  the  fraternity  in  general,  be  invited  to  attend  at  that  time. 

Resolved,  That  Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  Benj.  Beecher,  Wm.  H.  Jones,  Henry  Peck, 
M.  S.  Mitchell,  Wm.  E.  Sanford,  and  A.  C.  Babcock,  be  a  committee  to  extend 
the  invitations  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  to  make  all  necessary  arrangements  for 
the  occasion. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  the  following  Standing 
Committees,  to  act  during  the  recess,  and  make  their  reports 
at  the  next  annual  communication  : 

On  Foreign  Correspondence — Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  A.  C.  Bab- 
cock, and  Wm.  Storer. 

To  Audit  Bills  and  Accounts — Brs.  F.  Croswell  and  T.  G. 
Woodward. 

No  further  business  appearing  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  in 
due  and  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


1844.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  585 


RETURNS  FROM  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — Marcus  Bassett,  W.  M.,  George  Sliumway,  S.  W., 
Lee  Dunning,  J.  W.  Initiated — Chauncey  Johnson,  Dennis  Carrington,  Elbert 
J.  Munsell,  Edwin  E.  Bray,  Lyman  Treadway. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3,  Bridgeporl>— John  C.  Blackman,  W.  M.,  Wm.  Lum,  S.  W., 
David  L.  Mills,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Benoni  A.  Shepherd,  W.  M.,  Theodore  Spencer, 
Jr.,  S.  W.,  Allyn  Goodwin,  J.  W.  Initiated — Henry  Moore,  A.  H.  Mills,  Nathan 
C.  Geer,  Elihu  Geer,  L.  E.  Hale,  C.  S.  Martin. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Robert  Ells,  S.  W., 
Joseph  E.  Corker,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— John  Goulding,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  S.W., 
Benjamin  Fairchild,  J.  W. 

ST.  PAUL'S,  No.  11,  Litchfield— Stephen  Deming,  W.  M.,  Phineas  Taylor,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  G.  Braman,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— Ebenezer  Fisher,  W.  M.,  Oliver  H.  Stoddard, 
S.  W.,  John  M.  G.  Corey,  J.  W. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Henry  Cowles,  W.  M.,  Giles  Stillman,  S. 
W.,  George  Cowles,  J,  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Chester  Lyon,  W.  M.,  Dyer  Ames,  S.  W.,  Lu- 
ther Ensworth,  J.  W, 

HIRAM,  No.  18,  Newtown— Alexander  Hall,  W.  M.,  Charles  Sherman,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Dutton,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Cyrenus  Candee,  W.  M.,  Edson  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Charles  Perkins,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  TV., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Wm.  Moody,  W.  M.,  Stiles  Titus,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Burnham,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Levi  Lord,  W.  M.,  Harmon  Terry, 
S.  W.,  Asaph  King,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Elisha  Douglass,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Barry,  S.  W., 
Cyril  C.  Hughes,  J.  W.  Initiated — Edward  Badet,  Wm.  Bailey,  Thomas  W. 
Hewlings,  George  W.  Town,  Royal  J.  Kimball,  Benjamin  F.  BoUes,  Lorenzo  D. 
Gallup,  Elijah  P.  Powers,  Wm.  Rogers,  Jr.,  Perry  Douglass,  Joseph  I.  Lawrence, 
Edward  Frink,  Phineas  0.  Wilson,  Christopher  B.  Chapel,  Edward  Chapel,  Thos. 
R.  Bloomfield. 

74 


586  GRAND   LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

-  UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury — Nathaniel  H.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  John  Ferguson,  S, 
W.,  Joseph  B.  Foot,  J.  W.  Initiated — Zoraster  Barnum.  Restored — Ira  Hodges, 
Augustus  Wilcox. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Wm.  M.  Pemberton,  W.  M.,  Isaac  Castle,  S. 
W.,  John  Cook,  J.  W. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Gufdon  Hebbard,  W.  M.,  David  L.  Ful- 
ler, S.  W.,  Joseph  W.  Lyon,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Luther  Rawson,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Underwood,  S.  W., 
Jabez  Amsbury,  J.  W.     Initiated — Wm.  S.  Davy,  Stephen  H.  Estabrook. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  47,  Oxford— Charles  Ransom,  W.  M.,  David  J.  McEwen, 
S.  W.,  Nathaniel  AValker,  J.  W.     Initiated — Patrick  Murry. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefield— Hezekiah  Scott,  W.  M.,  Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
S.  AV.,  Sherwood  Mead,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Gideon  Hollister,  S.  W., 
Ransford  Button,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  Pierpoint,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 

FRANKLIN,  No.  56,  Bristol— George  Mitchell,  W.  M.,  Luman  Preston,  S.  W,, 
Evits  Hungerford,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM,  No.  57,  Stoniugton— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  W.,  Thos, 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Wilson  B.  Spring,  W.  M.,  Nathan'l 
Healy,  S.  W.,  Hira  Case,  J.  W. 

APOLLO,  No.  59,  Suffield— Wm.  Tuttle,  S.  W..  Curtis  Rose,  J.  W. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  John  Streeter,  S.  W., 
Alva  Francis,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  66,  Branford— James  W.  Frisbie,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie, 
S.  W.,  Loring  D.  Hosley,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Richard  Burnet,  W.  M.,  John  S.  Burrows,  S.  W., 
H.  H.  Burrows,  J.  W.  Initiated — Edmund  W.  Eells,  Rufus  L.  Fanning,  Elijah 
B.  Morgan,  Joseph  Breighton,  Wm.  G.  Batty,  John  E.  Williams,  Ira  R.  Clift. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  Joseph  Noyes,  S. 
W.,  George  Carriel,  J.  W. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75.  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M,,  Nathan  Johnson, 
S.  W.,  Samuel  Cole,  J.  W. 


1844.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  587 


SPECIAL  COMMUNICATION,  1844. 

The  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut held  a  special  communication  in  the  City  of  New  Ha- 
ven, on  Wednesday,  the  11th  day  of  September,  A.  L.  5844, 
(in  conformity  with  a  resolution  passed  at  the  last  annual  com- 
munication,) for  the  purpose  of  welcoming  the  General  Grand 
Chapter  and  General  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States, 
which  were  then  in  session.  The  following  Grand  Officers  were 
present : 

M.  W.  HENEY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 
K.  W.  HOKACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 
"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 
"       MITCHELL  S.  MITCHELL,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 
"       ELIPHALET  G.  STOKER,  Grand  Secretary. 
Eev.  Bro.  JOHN  MOORE,  Grand  Chaplain. 
W.   Bro.  BENONI  A.  SHEPHERD,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
"     WILLIAM  E.  SANFORD,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
"     GEORGE  SHUMWAY,  Grand  Marshal. 
"     FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Grand  Sentinel. 
"     CYRUS  GOODELL. 


HENRY  MOORE        S  ^^^^^  Stewards. 

ELIZUR  SKINNER,  Grand  Tyler. 
E.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  JONES,  Representative  of  the  Grand 

Lodge  of  New  York. 
E.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Eepresentative  of  the  Grand 

Lodge  of  South  Carolina. 

Eepresentatives  were  also  present  from  the  following  Lodges : 

Hiram,  No.  1 — New  Haven,  Putnam,  No.  46 — Pomfret, 

St.  John's,  No.  3 — Bridgeport,  Morning  Star,  No.  47 — Oxford, 

St.  John's,  No.  4— Hartford,  Franklin,  No.  56— Bristol, 

St.  John's,  No.  6 — Norwalk,  Asylum,  No.  57 — Stonington, 

King  Hiram,  No.  12 — Derby,  Northern  Star,  No.  58— Barkhamsted, 

Hart's,  No.  22— Bethany,  Widow's  Son,  No.  66,  Branford, 

Union,  No.  31 — New  London,  Charity,  No.  68 — Groton, 

Union,  No.  40 — Danbury,  Manchester,  No.  73 — Manchester, 

Harmony,  No.  42 — Waterbury,  Mount  Vernon,  No.  75 — Jewel  City. 


588  GRAND  LODGE   OF   CONNECTICUT.  [Sept. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in  ample  form,  at  11  o'clock^ 
A.  M.,  in  tlie  large  Hall  of  the  Temple,  the  use  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  Room  having  been  tendered  to  the  General  Grand  En- 
campment and  General  Grand  Chapter. 

The  R.  W.  Grand  Secretary,  in  .behalf  of  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements,  reported — 

That  invitations  bad  been  sent  to  tbe  principal  officers  of  tbe  adjacent  Grand 
Lodges,  to  unite  in  the  festivities  of  this  occasion,  and  favorable  responses  had 
been  received  from  the  following,  viz  : — Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island,  Vermont,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  and 
Ohio ;  and  the  committee  were  happy  to  announce  that  many  distinguished  breth- 
ren from  each  of  the  States  named  were  now  with  us.  The  committee  had  held 
correspondence  with  the  General  Grand  Bodies  now  in  session,  and  they  had  ac- 
cepted an  invitation  to  unite  with  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  the  invited  guests  from 
other  Grand  Lodges,  in  a  public  procession  and  dinner  at  the  Tontine  Hotel,  to 
take  place  at  2  o'clock  this  day. 

The  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  a  committee  ap- 
pointed, consisting  of  Sir  Eights  F.  Croswell,  N.  Hayward, 
and  C.  Ruckoldt,  to  inform  the  General  Grand  Bodies  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  would  be  happy  to  receive  them  in  the  Hall  at 
their  earliest  convenience.  The  committee  retired,  and  imme- 
diately returned,  accompanied  by  the  officers  and  members  of 
the  General  Grand  Encampment  and  General  Grand  Chapter, 
who  were  introduced  to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  due  form  ;  after 
which  the  following  ceremonies  took  place  : 

1.  Prayer,  by  the  Rev.  Bro.  John  Moore,  Grand  Chaplain.  2.  Address  of  Wel- 
come, in  behalf  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  Grand  Chapter,  and  Grand  Encampment  of 
Connecticut,  by  Hon.  Henry  C.  Flagg,  K.  T.  3.  Response,  in  behalf  of  both  of 
the  General  Grand  Bodies,  by  Rev.  Sir  Paul  Dean,  Gen.  Grand  Prelate.  4.  Ode 
on  Masonry,  by  Bro.  John  H.  Phoebus,  of  Hiram  Lodge,  New  Haven.  5.  Bene- 
diction, by  the  Rev.  Grand  Chaplain.  6.  Procession  formed,  and  proceeded  to 
the  Tontine,  where  about  two  hundred  Brethren,  Companions,  and  Sir  Knights, 
partook  of  an  elegant  entertainment,  provided  by  Bro.  AUis.  7.  Procession  re- 
turned to  the  Hall  in  the  Temple,  where  addresses  made  were  responded  to  by 
several  distinguished  visitors,  particularly  Bro.  Bradford  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
Bro.  Case  of  South  Carolina. 

The  General  Grand  Bodies  having  retired,  the  Grand  Lodge 
was  closed  in  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STOKER,  Grand  Secretary. 


1845.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  589 


ANNUAL  SESSION,  1845. 

At  an  Annual  Communication  of  the  Moil  Worfliipful 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Mafons,  for  the  State  of  Connedicut, 
holden  at  the  Lodge  Room  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  on 
Wednefday,  the  14th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1845,  A-  L.  5845 : 

OFFICERS  PRESENT  : 

M.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENONI  A.  SHEPHERD,  Jun.  Grand  Warden,  p.  t. 

"       THEODORE  SPENCER,  Grand  Treasurer,  p.  t. 

"       ELIPHALET  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 
Bro.    WM.  E.  SANFORD,  Sen.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"       ELISHA  DOUGLASS,  Jun.  Grand  Deacon,  p.  t. 

"       GEORGE  SHUMWAY,  Grand  Marshal. 

"      FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Grand  Sentinel. 

Rev.  JOHN  MOORE,  Grand  Chaplain. 

Bro.    CYRUS  GOODELL,  )  n      a  ^.        a 
"       HENRY  MOORE,    '  |  Grand  Stewards. 

"      ELIZUR  SKINNER,  Grand  Tyler. 

PAST  GRAND  OFFICERS  PRESENT  I 

R.  W.  WILLIAM  H.  ELLIS,  Past  Grand  Master. 

"      LEONARD  HENDEE,     " 

"       JAMES  WARD,  Past  Junior  Grand  Warden. 
The  Representatives  of  the  Grand  Lodges  of  New  York  and 
South  Carolina. 

REPRESENTATIVES  OF   LODGES. 

No.  1,  Hiram,  New  Haven — Frederick  Croswell. 
No.  4,  St.  John's,   Hartford — Theodore    Spencer,  Jun.,    Allyn 
Goodwin,  David  Clark. 


590  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  [^^^y, 

No.  6,  St.  John's,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith. 

No.  12,  King  Hiram,  Derby — Ebenezer  Fisher. 

No.  14 

No.  15 

No.  22 

No.  23 

No.  27 

No.  28 

No.  31 


Frederick,  Farmington — Henry  Cowles,  Giles  Stillman. 

Moriah,  Canterbury — Joseph  Hutchins, 

Hart's,  Bethany — Cyrenus  Candee. 

St.  James',  Preston — Avery  Downer. 

Kising  Sun,  Washington — Remus  M.  Fowler. 

Morning  Star,  East  Windsor — Levi  Lord, 

Union,  New  London — Elisha  Douglass,  Ebenezer  H. 


Watrous. 

No.  40,  Union,  Danbury — Reuben  Booth. 

No.  42,  Harmony,  Waterbury — Wm.  M.  Pemberton. 

No.  44,  Eastern  Star,  Windham — Gurdon  Hebbard,  Joseph  W. 
Lyon. 

No.  46,  Putnam,  Pomfret — Jabez  Amsbury. 

No.  49,  Jerusalem,  Ridgefield — Hezekiah  Scott. 

No.  50,  Warren,  Andover — George  Perkins,  Ransford  Button. 

No.  55,  Seneca,  Torrington — Edward  Pierpont. 

No.  57,  Asylum,  Stonington — William  Hyde. 

No.  58,  Northern  Star,  Barkhamsted — Wilson  B.  Spring,  Hira 
Case. 

No.  59,  Apollo,  Suffield— Wm.  Tuttle. 

No.  60,  Wolcott,  Stafford — Sanford  Squire. 

No.  66,  Widow's  Son,  Branford — James  W.  Frisbie. 

No.  68,  Charity,  Groton — John  A.  Lathrop,  William  H.  Copp. 

No.  73,  Manchester,  Manchester — John  Mather,  P.  C.  Reming- 
ton, Henry  Marble. 

No.  75,  Mount  Vernon,  Jewett  City — Lucius  Tyler. 

At  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  (the  hour  designated  by  the  Grand  Con- 
stitution,) the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  took  his  seat  in  the  East, 
and  a  quorum  being  present,  the  Grand  Lodge  was  opened  in 
due  and  ample  form. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Shepherd,  it  was  voted,  that  all 
Master  Masons  in  regular  standing,  who  may  request  it,  be  al- 
lowed to  sit  in  this  Grand  Lodge,  during  the  present  communi- 
cation, as  visitors. 


1845.]  GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  591 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  then  delivered  the  following 

ADDRESS  : 
Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

Time,  whose  resistless  course  is  ever  onward,  has  brought  around  another  of 
those  anniversary  seasons,  when  it  becomes  our  duty,  as  well  as  our  privilege,  to 
meet  together  to  consult  upon  the  best  means  of  promoting  the  interests  of  an 
institution  which  has,  from  time  immemorial,  been  deemed  of  sufficient  import- 
ance to  engage  the  attention  and  command  the  energies  of  many  of  the  most  wise, 
benevolent  and  philanthropic  men,  that  the  world  has  ever  known. 

And  it  becomes  us,  brethren,  with  devout  gratitude,  to  acknowledge  the  good- 
ness of  that  Being  whose  All-Seeing  Eye  is  ever  upon  us,  in  permitting  us  to  meet 
on  this  occasion,  with  no  other  than  feelings  so  entirely  in  accordance  with  the 
most  excellent  tenets  of  our  institution — Friendship  and  Brotherly  Love. 

From  the  reports  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodges  in  correspondence 
with  us,  that  have  come  under  my  notice,  I  am  led  to  infer,  that  while  we  have 
little  to  fear,  we  have  much  reason  to  hope,  that  at  no  distant  period  the  Masonic 
institution  is  destined  to  take  that  high  rank  among  the  benevolent  institutions 
of  the  age,  by  which  it  was  characterized  in  its  most  palmy  days.  I  shall  not, 
however,  occupy  your  time  by  a  mention  of  these  facts  in  detail,  as  the  committee 
to  whom  the  correspondence  was  referred  have  had  the  documents  under  con- 
sideration, and  will  communicate  to  the  Grand  Lodge  the  result  of  their  labors. 

At  our  last  annual  communication,  I  took  occasion  to  call  the  attention  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  to  a  few  of  those  topics  which  it  appeared  to  me  were  of  sufficient 
importance  to  engage  the  attention  and  merit  the  deliberations  of  the  Grand 
Lodge ;  but  the  very  limited  time  which,  by  common  consent,  or  common  usage, 
appears  to  be  appropriated  to  the  business  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  renders  it  next  to 
impossible  to  bestow  that  attention  to  it  which  its  importance  would,  in  many 
cases,  seem  to  require ;  and  I  am  not  aware  that  any  action  was  taken  upon  any 
of  them.  But  I  indulge  the  hope,  that  at  our  present  session  some  of  them,  at 
least,  may  be  properly  disposed  of;  inasmuch  as  the  committee  to  whom  they 
were  referred  at  our  last  communication,  in  their  report,  recommended  that  they 
be  "  submitted  to  the  mature  reflection  and  future  action  of  the  fraternitJ^" 

That  section,  especially,  recommending  the  appointment  of  a  suitable  brother 
to  represent  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia  in  this  Grand  Lodge,  I  think  merits  the 
prompt  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge ;  otherwise,  the  inference  might  be  drawn, 
that  their  kind  intentions  in  appointing  a  representative  to  this  Grand  Lodge, 
were  not  met  in  the  proper  spirit. 

I  would  beg  leave  also  to  call  your  attention  once  more  to  the  benefit  system, 
as  it  is  (not  inappropriately)  called.  It  appears  to  me  to  be  entitled  at  least  to 
so  much  of  the  attention  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  as  the  appointment  of  a  committee 
to  make  the  necessary  inquires  to  enable  them  to  show  to  the  Grand  Lodge  its 
object,  and  the  manner  in  which  it  is  conducted,  and  report  whether  or  not  it  is 
entitled  to  any  consideration.  Foi-,  if  as  contended  in  those  Lodges  where  it  is 
maintained,  it  is  calculated  to  be  of  essential  service  to  the  cause  of  Masonry,  it 
should  surely  receive  the  sanction  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  so  that  its  benefits  may 
be  extended  throughout  our  jurisdiction.     If,  on  the  other  hand,  it  should  be 


592  GRAND   LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May, 

found  that  it  might  be  productive  of  evil,  and  that  danger  would  arise  that  it 
might  be  the  means  of  introducing  discord  and  disunion  into  the  Lodges  the  seal 
of  our  disapprobation  should  be  promptly  placed  upon  it. 

Another  subject  was  introduced  in  that  communication,  which  it  appears  to  me 
cannot  be  longer  overlooked,  without  compromiting  the  honor  and  dignity  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  I  allude  to  the  embezzlement  of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
by  those  who,  in  many  instances,  still  retain  their  standing  as  good  and  true 
Masons.  It  appears  to  me,  that  it  is  time  that  it  should  be  clearly  understood, 
■whether  the  obligations  which  bind  us  together  ai'e  or  are  not  a  dead  letter. 

On  examining  the  records  of  the  last  communication,  I  perceive  that  the  char- 
ter of  but  one  Lodge  was  revoked ;  and  I  am  not  without  hopes  that  the  time  is 
not  distant  when  we  shall  have  no  more  occasion  to  proceed  to  that  extremity ; 
but  that  our  brethren  will  find  that  the  interest  in  Masonry  which  was  formerly 
felt,  may  in  a  good  degree  be  revived,  and  that  the  revocation  of  a  charter  will 
hereafter  be  of  a  rare  occurrence. 

In  closing  this  communication,  brethren,  I  should  do  violence  to  my  feelings, 
were  I  to  omit  to  express  to  you  the  grateful  sense  I  entertain  for  the  kindness 
you  have  manifested  towards  me,  since,  by  your  suffrages,  you  have  done  me  the 
honor  to  call  me  to  preside  over  your  deliberations.  And  I  indulge  the  hope, 
that  at  the  close  of  our  present  session  we  shall  find  that  while  our  feelings  have 
been  enlivened  and  cheered,  we  shall  have  accomplished  something  for  the  bene- 
fit of  Free  Masonry  in  general. 

HENRY  PECK,   Grand  Master. 

On  motion  of  W.  Bro.  Sanford,  it  was  voted,  that  the  address 
of  the  M,  W.  Grand  Master  be  laid  on  the  table  until  after  the 
appointment  of  the  usual  standing  committees. 

Brs.  Ellis  and  Spencer  were  appointed  a  Committee  on  De- 
linquent Lodges. 

Brs.  Babcock,  Shumway,  and  Candee,  were  appointed  a  Com- 
mittee on  By-Laws. 

Brs.  Goodwin,  Croswell,  and  Clark,  were  appointed  a  Com- 
mittee on  the  Representative  System. 

The  petition  of  sundry  brethren  in  Norwich,  praying  for  the 
restoration  of  the  charter  of  the  late  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34, 
was  read  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges. 

The  committee  appointed  to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Secretary,  submitted  the  following  report,  and  it 
was  accepted : 

The  undersigned  committee,  appointed  at  the  last  session  of  the  Most  Wor- 
shipful Grand  Lodge,  to  audit  and  adjust  the  accounts  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Treas- 
urer for  the  year  ending  May,  A.  L.  5844,  report,  having  attended  to  that  duty, 
do  find  that  all  moneys  received  by  the  Grand  Secretary  and  due  the  Grand  Lodge, 


1845.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  593 

have  been  paid  over  to  the  Grand  Treasurer;  and  there  is  now  in  the  hands  of 
the  R.  W.  Benjamin  Beecher  tlie  sum  of  eight  hundred  and  ninety-eight  dollars 
and  eighty-nine  cents  in  cash,  which  with  fifty-seven  shares  of  Union  School  stock, 
at  fifteen  dollars  a  share,  amounting  to  eight  hundred  and  fifty-five  dollars,  make 
the  total  amount  of  funds  of  the  Grand  Lodge  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty-three 
dollars  and  eighty-nine  cents.     ($1,753.89.) 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

FREDERICK  CROSWELL,  Chairman. 

On  motion  of  the  R.  W.  Senior  Grand  Warden,  the  Grand 
Master's  Address  was  taken  up  and  referred  to  committees,  as 
follows  :  So  much  as  relates  to  the  appointmentment  of  a  bro- 
ther to  represent  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia,  was  referred  to 
the  Committee  on  the  Representative  System  ;  so  much  as  re- 
lates to  the  Beneficiaiy  System,  was  referred  to  the  Committee 
on  By-Laws  ;  so  much  as  relates  to  Embezzlement,  was  referred 
to  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges. 

The  Grand  Secretary  presented  a  list  of  subordinate  Lodges 
who  had  incurred  penalties  for  non-compliance  with  the  By- 
Laws,  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Delinquent 
Lodges. 

R.  W.  Br.  Ellis,  from  the  Committee  on  Foreign  CoiTespon- 
dence,  submitted  the  following  report : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  : 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  annual  communication,  "to  examine  the 
correspondence  with  this  Grand  Lodge  then  on  hand,  and  such  other  documents 
as  might  be  received  during  the  coming  year,"  respectfully  report — That  they 
have  examined  the  documents  with  as  much  care  and  attention  as  time  and  cir- 
cumstances would  permit. 

The  correspondence  is  very  interesting  and  voluminous,  containing  minute  pro- 
ceedings and  journals  of  the  several  Grand  Lodges  of  the  States  of  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Maryland, 
Virginia,  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Missouri,  Kentucky,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Tennes- 
see, Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Arkansas,  and  the  Territories  of  Iowa,  Wisconsin 
and  Florida,  and  the  Republic  of  Texas,  with  several  other  important  communi- 
cations received  from  various  sources  by  the  Grand  Secretary. 

Your  committee  report  with  pleasure,  that  they  find  from  the  documents  and 
correspondence,  that  in  all  parts  of  our  country  the  progress  of  our  Order  is 
onward,  that  Masonry  is  again  assuming  that  position  which  must  tend  to  pro- 
mote her  respectability  in  all  communities,  and  usefulness  to  all  the  members  of 
the  fraternity ;  and  that  the  day  is  not  distant,  if  it  has  not  now  arrived,  when 
we  can  say  to  our  enemies,  persecutors,  and  slanderers,  we  have  lived  down  yuur 
envv,  overcome  your  hatred,  and  fear  not  your  malice. 

75 


594  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [^^Jy 

Among  the  documents  before  the  committee,  is  a  circular  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  Mississippi,  containing  a  series  of  resolutions  recommend- 
ing the  appointment  of  a  delegate  to  visit  the  different  countries  in  Europe,  for 
the  purpose  of  examining  the  mode  and  manner  of  Masonic  work  in  foreign 
countries,  and  to  publish  a  treatise,  on  his  return,  for  the  benefit  of  the  fraternity, 
to  harmonize  and  furnish  some  plaa  of  union  whereby  the  work  in  this  and  other 
countries  may  be  the  same;  and  they  recommend  Brother  John  Delafield,  Jr.,  of 
Memphis,  Tennessee,  as  every  way  qualified  to  perform  the  duties  ;  and  propose 
to  bear  their  equal  i)roportion  of  the  expense  of  his  tour  to  Europe,  with  the 
other  Grand  Lodges  who  may  concur  with  them  in  the  appointment.  Your  com- 
mittee recommend  to  the  Grand  Lodge  the  consideration  of  this  subject  at  the 
present  communication.  Your  committee  are  happy  to  find  that  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Mississippi  agree  with  tliis  Grand  Lodge,  that  the  requiring  Grand 
Lodge  certificates  of  visiting  Brethren  from  other  States,  is  an  innovation  upon 
the  ancient  landmarks  of  the  Order  ;  and  that,  at  a  recent  communication,  they 
adopted  a  resolution,  in  which  they  say,  they  do  not  recognize  the  expediency  of 
adopting  the  system  of  Grand  Lodge  certificates. 

Your  committee  are  gratified  to  find,  from  information  they  deem  entitled  to 
credit,  that  the  long  agitated  question  of  the  regular  organization  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Michigan,  has  at  last  been  properly  disposed  of.  The  Masonic  Regis- 
ter, a  periodical  Masonic  publication  by  Br.  L.  G.  Hoffinan,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  some 
weeks  since  stated  that  a  constitution  had  been  regularly  adopted,  the  first  six 
Grand  Oflicers  elected,  which  were  soon  to  be  installed  at  Detroit,  and  that  fra- 
ternal harmony  was  once  more  restored  in  Michigan.  We  had  hoped  to  receive 
information  of  the  fact  from  an  official  source,  in  time  to  lay  before  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  its  present  communication,  so  that  we  might,  by  resolution  or  other- 
wise, extend  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Michigan,  and  the  members  of  the  fraternity 
in  that  young  and  rising  State,  the  right  hand  of  fellowship. 

Your  committee  are  pleased  to  learn,  from  the  documents  before  them,  that  an 
increased  interest  is  manifested  in  the  cause  of  Masonry,  and  cannot,  in  justice 
to  their  feelings,  close  this  report,  without  expressing  their  sincere  and  heartfelt 
congratulations  on  the  prosperity  of  the  craft  throughout  our  whole  land,  and 
would  respectfully  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  reciprocate  the  courtesy  of  the  several  Grand 
Lodo^es  from  whom  communications  have  been  received,  and  that  the  Grand  Sec- 
retary transmit  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  this  Grand  Communication  to  each 
Grand  Lodge  in  correspondence,  and  solicit  a  continuation  of  friendly  intercourse 
and  courtesy. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

WM.  H.  ELLIS,    ) 

A.  C.  BABCOCK. }  Committee. 

WM.  STOKER,      ) 

The  above  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the  resolu- 
tion adopted. 

On  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  it  was  resolved,  that  the 
Grand  Lodge  will  now  proceed  to  the  election  of  ofl&cers.     The 


1845.]  GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  595 

M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  W.  Brs.  Eaton  and  Spring 
tellers. 

Ballots  were  then  collected,  and  the  following  brethren  duly 
elected  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  for  the  year 
ensuing  : 

M.  W.  HENRY  PECK,  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  HORACE  GOODWIN,  2d,  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

"       AVERY  C.  BABCOCK,  Senior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENONI  A.  SHEPHERD,  Junior  Grand  Warden. 

"       BENJAMIN  BEECHER,  Grand  Treasurer. 

"       E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 

The  installation  of  Grand  Officers  then  took  place,  after  which, 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  announced  the  following  appointments  : 

Bro.  Wm.  E.  Sanford,  Senior  Grand  Deacon. 
Elisha  Douglass,  Junior  Grand  Deacon. 
George  Shumway,  Grand  Marshal. 
Frederick  Croswell,  Grand  Sentinel. 
Rev.  "    John  Moore,  Grand  Chaplain. 

William  Storer,  j  ^^^^^  g^^^^^^ 

Lee  Dunning,        ) 

Isaac  Tuttle,  Grand  Tyler. 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment,  and 
adjourned  to  7  o'clock  P.  M. 


Wednesday  Evening,  May  14. 

At  7  o'clock  the  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  refreshment 
to  labor  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  from  the  Committee  on  Delinquent  Lodges, 
reported  that  the  late  members  of  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  had 
taken  no  notice  of  the  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  last  year,  re- 
garding their  distribution  of  the  funds  of  said  Federal  Lodge  ; 
also,  that  the  several  delinquent  Lodges,  which  were  ordered  to 
show  cause,  at  this  communication,  why  their  charters  should 
not  be  revoked,  had  failed  to  do  so  ;  whereupon  he  offered  the 
following  resolutions,  and  they  were  adopted  : 


596  GRAND   LODGE    OF   CONNECTICUT,  [May, 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretarj-  be  directed  to  summon  all  the  brethren  of 
the  late  Federal  Lodge,  No.  17,  included  in  the  resolution  of  the  last  Grand  Com- 
munication, to  appear  before  the  Grand  Lodge  to  be  holden  at  New  Haven  on  the 
second  Wednesday  of  May,  1846,  and  show  cause,  if  any  they  have,  why  they 
should  not  be  expelled  from  all  the  privileges  of  Masonry. 

Resolved,  That  the  charters  of  King  Solomon's  Lodge  No.  7,  Harmony  No.  20, 
and  Friendship  No.  33,  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  revoked  and  declared  null 
and  void. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  notify  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  2,  Columbia 
No.  25,  and  Warren  No.  51,  who  have  failed  to  make  returns  for  the  last  two  or 
more  years,  that  unless  they  make  satisfaction  for  their  delinquency,  at  or  before 
the  next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  their  charters  will  be  revoked. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  breth- 
ren in  Norwich,  praying  for  the  resuscitation  of  Somerset  Lodge, 
No.  34,  reported  the  following  resolution,  which  was  passed  : 

Resolved,  That  Somerset  Lodge,  No.  34,  be  resuscited,  and  allowed  to  resume 
work  under  their  former  charter,  upon  the  payment  of  ten  dollars  to  the  funds  of 
the  Grand  Lodge ;  its  jurisdiction  to  include  the  town  of  Norwich,  bounded  east- 
erly by  the  town  of  Preston,  and  in  all  other  directions  one  half  the  distance  to 
other  Lodges  from  its  own  usual  place  of  meeting. 

E.  W.  Bro.  Babcock,  from  the  Committee  on  By-Laws,  to 
whom  was  referred  that  portion  of  the  Grand  Master's  address 
relating  to  the  "  beneficiary  system,"  reported,  that  the  com- 
mittee had  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and  ascertained 
the  following  facts  : 

That  several  Lodges  in  other  States  have  adopted  that  system,  and  that  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  1,  under  this  jurisdiction,  being  satisfied  of  the  good  effects  of  the 
plan,  had  so  amended  their  by-laws  as  to  adopt  the  benefit  system,  and  that  the 
advantages  they  expected  from  it  had  been  fully  realized  ;  which  plan  is  this — 
to  appropriate  five  dollars  of  the  fees  paid  by  each  candidate,  for  a  charity  fund, 
and  ten  dollars  for  the  benefit  fund,  and  a  tax  of  four  dollars  per  annum  on  each 
of  the  benefit  members,  from  which  any  member  entitled  to  benefits  could  draw 
four  dollars  per  week  when  sick  or  disabled  from  business.  Any  member  of  the 
Lodge  who  was  initiated  before  the  adoption  of  the  present  by-laws,  can  become 
a  member  of  the  benefit  association,  by  paying  five  dollars,  and  complying  with 
other  provisions  of  the  by-laws ;  and  nothing  appears  in  this  plan  of  operations 
to  conflict  with  the  by-laws  and  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  the  general 
usages  of  Masonry. 

Which  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  the  following 
resolution  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  approve  of  the  benefit  system  adopted  by 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  1,  and  would  recommend  it  to  such  subordinate  Lodges  under 


1845.]         GRAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  597 

the  jurisdiction  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  as  are  willing  and  think  it  expedient  to 
adopt  it. 

W.  Bro.  Croswell,  from  the  Committee  on  the  Representa- 
tive System,  made  the  following  report  : 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  so  much  of  the  address  of  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master  as  refers  to  the  appointment  of  a  representative  near  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Georgia,  respectfully  report,  That  we  fully  appreciate  and  acknowledge 
the  honor  conferred  upon  this  Grand  Lodge,  by  the  appointment  of  R.  W.  Augus- 
tus Alden  as  our  representative  near  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Georgia ; 
and  in  order  to  reciprocate  their  kind  offices,  we  recommend  the  nomination  of  a 
suitable  brother  from  among  our  number,  to  represent  them  in  this  Grand  Lodge. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  approved  and  accepted,  and  R.  W. 
James  Ward,  Past  Deputy  Grand  Master,  was  nominated,  by 
the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  as  a  suitable  person 
to  be  recommended  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia  as  their 
representative  in  this  Grand  Lodge. 

The  following  letter  of  invitation  from  a  committee  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  and  a  committee  of  King  Solo- 
mon's Lodge  in  Charlestown,  was  presented  and  read  by  the 
Grand  Secretary  : 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut : 

King  Solomon's  Lodge,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  having  placed  within  the  Bunker 
Hill  Monument,  a  Model  of  the  old  Monument  erected  by  them  in  1794,  to  the 
memory  of  Gen,  Joseph  Warrex  and  his  associates,  and  having  invited  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts  to  dedicate  the  same  on  the  24th  June  next,  pro- 
pose also  to  hold  a  general  Masonic  celebration  on  that  anniversary.  The  under- 
signed, being  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  on  the  part  of  King  Solomon's 
Lodge,  and  a  Commitee  on  the  part  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  appointed  to  act  in  con- 
cert with  them,  would  respectfully  request  your  body  to  join  in  this  celebration, 
and  the  several  Lodges  under  your  jurisdiction. 

CJiarlestown,  April  24,  1845.' 

On  motion,  duly  made  and  seconded,  the  following  resolution 
was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  accept  with  pleasure  the  kind  invitation  of 
our  brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  and  of  King  Solomon's 
Lodge  in  Boston,  to  attend  their  interesting  celebration  at  Bunker  Hill,  on  the 
next  anniversary  of  St.  John  the  Baptist ;  and  that  it  be  recommended  to  the 
Lodges  and  fraternity  generally  under  this  jurisdiction  to  attend  the  same. 

The  Grand  Secretary  laid  before  the  Grand  Lodge  a  beautiful 
copy  of  "Lectures  and  Addresses  by  R.  W.  Joseph  R,  Chand- 


598  GRAND   LODGE  OF    CONNECTICUT.  U^^J} 

ler,  p.  G-.  M.,"  which  had  been  received  as  a  present  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  through  their  Grand  Secretary. 
Whereupon,  on  motion  of  R.  W.  Bro.  Ellis,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Lodge  be  communicated,  through  the 
Grand  Secretary,  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  for  the  elegant  copy  of 
the  valuable  Lectures  of  the  M.  W.  P.  G.  M.  Joseph  R.  Chandler,  which  has  been 
received  by  order  of  that  Grand  body  ;  and  that  the  volume  be  preserved  in  the 
Library  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  for  the  use  of  its  members. 

Bro.  Shumway,  from  the  Committee  on  By-Laws,  submitted 
the  following  resolution,  and  it  was  adopted  : 

Resojved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  directed  to  append  to  the  printed  pro- 
ceedings of  the  present  communication,  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  this 
Grand  Lodge,  that  the  same  may  be  distributed  among  the  members,  and  to  the 
subordinate  Lodges ;  and  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Master  of  every  Lodge 
to  cause  said  constitution  and  by-laws  to  be  read  at  every  raising  of  a  Master 
Mason  in  his  Lodge,  and  also  at  the  annual  meeting  for  the  choice  of  officers. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master  appointed  Brs.  Frederick  Croswell 
and  Elijah  Gilbert,  Jr.,  a  committee  to  audit  the  accounts,  and 
Brs.  Wm.  H.  Ellis,  A.  C.  Babcock,  and  Wm.  Storer,  a  com- 
mittee to  examine  the  correspondence  of  the  Grand  Lodge  for 
the  comining  year,  and  report  at  the  next  annual  communi- 
cation. 

No  further  business  appearing  the  Grand  Lodge  was  closed  in 
due  and  ample  form. 

E.  G.  STORER,  Grand  Secretary. 


RETURNS  OF  SUBORDINATE  LODGES. 

HIRAM,  No.  1,  New  Haven — Marcus  Bassett,  W.  M.,  Frederick  Croswell,  S. 
W.,  Charles  Brown,  J.'W.  Initiated— ^Ticdb  Heller,  Stephen  M.  Wier,  J.  F. 
Houdayer,  L.  F.  Morel,  A.  Frankau,  Sterling  Warrener,  Lucius  G.  Peck,  George 
Hotchkiss,  Henry  L.  Cannon,  Moses  Dickinson,  Hosea  N.  Newton,  Wm.  H.  Prin- 
dle,  Charles  H.  Skiff,  Richard  Burns.  Admitted — Christopher  Sweetman,  Levi 
Baldwin. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  3.  Bridgeport— Wm.  Luni,  W.  M.,  John  C.  Blackman,  S.  W., 
David  L.  Mills,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  4,  Hartford— Theodore  Spencer,  W.  M.,  Allyn  Goodwin,  S. 
W.,  David  Clark,  J.  W.     Initiated — E.  E.  Marcey,  N.  E.  Ventres,  Geo.  Church,  Jr. 


1845.]         GKAND  LODGE  OF  CONNECTICUT.  599 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  6,  Norwalk— Henry  W.  Smith,  W.  M.,  Robert  Ells,  S,  W., 
J.  E.  Corker,  J.  W. 

ST.  JOHN'S,  No.  8,  Stratford— Benjamin  Fairchild,  W.  M.,  John  Goulding,  S. 
W.,  Samuel  Benjamin,  J.  W. 

KING  HIRAM,  No.  12,  Derby— John  L.  Daniels,  W.  M.,  Ebenezer  Fisher,  S. 
W.,  Alva  Davis,  J.  W. 

FREDERICK,  No.  14,  Farmington— Henry  Cowles,  W.  M.,  Giles  Stilman,  S.  W., 
George  Cowles,  J.  W. 

MORIAH,  No.  15,  Canterbury— Armin  Bolles,  W.  M.,  Luther  Ensworth,  S.  W., 
Martin  Felch,  J.  W. 

HART'S,  No.  22,  Bethany— Cyrenus  Candee,  W.  M.,  Burton  Sperry,  S.  W., 
Eliakim  Smith,  J.  W. 

ST.  JAMES',  No.  23,  Preston— Avery  Downer,  W.  M.,  David  Baldwin,  S.  W., 
James  Cook,  J.  W. 

RISING  SUN,  No.  27,  Washington— Wm.  Moody,  W.  M.,  Stiles  Titus,  S.  W., 
Daniel  Burnhara,  J.  W. 

MORNING  STAR,  No.  28,  East  Windsor— Levi  Lord,  W.  M.,  Asaph  King,  S, 
W..  Harmon  Terry,  J.  W. 

UNION,  No.  31,  New  London— Samuel  Barry,  W.  M.,  Richard  H.  Miller,  S. 
W.,  Ebenezer  H.  Watrous,  J.  W.  Initiated — Barzillai  Bills,  Nathan  S.  Chipman, 
Franklin  Hunter,  Dennis  Cahill,  Alexander  A.  Hart,  Lyman  Lamb,  Edward  Low, 
Charles  C.  Young,  John  Hayes,  John  E.  Case,  Samuel  D.  Barnes,  John  L.  Ward, 
Joseph  M.  Ward,  Leverett  Lax,  Cornelius  S.  Ennes,  Charles  Smith. 

UNION,  No.  40,  Danbury— Nathaniel  H.  Wildman,  W.  M.,  John  Ferguson,  S. 
W.,  Stephen  A.  Hurlbut,  J.  W. 

HARMONY,  No.  42,  Waterbury— Wm.  M.  Pemberton,  W.  M.,  I.  B.  Castle,  S. 
W.,  John  Cook,  J.  W.  Initiated — Alonzo  Thompson,  J.  P.  Jefferry,  John  Ship- 
ley, John  Inchlif.     Admitted — James  M.  Granniss,  Silas  Hoadley,  Charles  Dean. 

EASTERN  STAR,  No.  44,  Windham— Gurdon  Hebbard,  W.  M.,  David  L.  Ful- 
ler, S.  W.,  Joseph  W.  Lyon,  J.  W. 

PUTNAM,  No.  46,  Pomfret— Samuel  Underwood,  W.  M.,  Jabez  Amsbury,  S. 
W.,  Luther  Rawson,  J.  W.     Initiated — Otis  Slater. 

JERUSALEM,  No.  49,  Ridgefleld— Hezekiah  Scott,  W.  M.,  Erastus  S.  Bouton, 
S.  W.,  Sherwood  Mead,  J.  W. 

WARREN,  No.  50,  Andover— George  Perkins,  W.  M.,  Ransford  Button,  S.  W., 
Bezaleel  Hutchinson,  J.  W. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  53,  North  Stonington— Wm.  Frink,  W.  M.,  John  Brown, 
S.  W.,  Joseph  Frink,  J.  W. 

SENECA,  No.  55,  Torrington— Edward  Pierpont,  W.  M.,  James  Green,  S.  W., 
Prescott  Pond,  J.  W. 

ASYLUM  No.  57,  Stonington— Wm.  Hyde,  W.  M.,  Francis  Amy,  S.  W.,  Thos. 
M.  Brown,  J.  W. 

NORTHERN  STAR,  No.  58,  Barkhamsted— Wilson  B.  Spring,  W.  M.,  Nahtaniel 
Healy,  S.  W.,  Hira  Case,  J.  W, 


600  GRAND    LODGE    OF    CONNECTICUT.  [May. 

WOLCOTT,  No.  60,  Stafford— Moses  B.  Harvey,  W.  M.,  William  N.  Clark,  S.  W., 
John  Streeter,  J.  AV. 

WIDOW'S  SON,  No.  65,  Branford— James  W.  Frisbie,  W.  M.,  Calvin  Frisbie, 
S.  W.,  Loring  D.  Hosley,  J.  W. 

CHARITY,  No.  68,  Groton— Erastns  Williams,  W.  M.,  John  S.  Burrows,  S.  W., 
Thomas  Williams,  J.  W.  Initiated — Wm.  H,  Eldridge,  Amasa  Rockwell,  John 
A.  Lathrop,  John  A.  Wellen,  Wm.  H.  Copp,  Charles  R.  Corning,  Lorenzo  D.  Arm- 
strong, James  S.  Hoyt,  Nathan  R.  Bennett,  Luke  W.  Avery.  Admitted — George 
G.  King. 

MANCHESTER,  No.  73,  Manchester— John  Mather,  W.  M.,  P.  C.  Remington, 
S.  W.,  Henry  Marble,  J.  W.     Initiated— 3.  Cotton  Mather. 

MOUNT  VERNON,  No.  75,  Jewett  City— Lucius  Tyler,  W.  M.,  Samuel  Cole, 
S.  W.,  Natlian  Johnson,  J.  W. 


CORRECTION. — On  the  first  page  of  this  work,  in  the  article  on  the  "  Origin 
of  Masonry  in  New  England,"  an  error  occurs,  which  has  been  kindly  pointed 
out  by  an  esteemed  brother,  but  which  has  probably  escaped  the  notice  of  most 
of  the  readers  of  the  volume.  It  is  there  stated  that  "  from  1733  to  1755,  two 
Grand  Lodges  existed  in  Massachusetts."  This  is  mistake;  for  the  subsequent 
narrative  shows  that  the  first  Grand  Lodge  was  established  in  1733,  the  second  in 
1769,  and  that  the  two  were  united,  and  formed  one  Grand  Lodge,  on  the  5th  of 
March,  1792. 


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